relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to make a success in life
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)
The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
versatile; multi-talented
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
to amuse oneself; to make merry
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; nature (of something); character; kind
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
to the end; entirely; in full
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
for the first time in one's life
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
secret; private; surreptitious
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
businessperson; businessman; businesswoman; entrepreneur; captain of industry
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear