brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
having weak legs; slow walker
to be overtaken by darkness
riding together; riding with
to plead; to urge; to pester; to beg; to badger; to complain
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
supple; pliant; slender; delicate; lithe; lissome
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
correction; revision; amendment
to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
shore; bank (of a body of water)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
trade; buying and selling
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
that country; (arch.) nirvana
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
joint struggle; common (united) front
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
pure heart; naivete; innocence
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
immoral; illicit; unethical