as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
persevering; very patient
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
dyeing black; dyed black; dark
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
at a young age; while still young
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
adherent; devotee; believer
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
to open up a lead (over one's opponent)
to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing