to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
order of chivalry; chivalric order
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
indicate reason; infers some protest
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
in comparison to; rather than
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
burlesque; low comedy; farce
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)