inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
no-good man; (male) loser
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
very rich person; the super rich
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
moneymaking; earning money
script; screenplay; scenario
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
curved; forming the shape of an arch
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
eldest daughter of a married couple; eldest legitimate daughter
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
counter for wheels and flowers
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
spring break; spring vacation
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
gardening; puttering around in the garden
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
human relations; personal relationships
random; unintentional; unintended
owner (esp. of a business)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
out of bounds; beyond the pale
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
difference; discrepancy; variation
(in) her way; peculiar to her
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of