contract; compact; agreement
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
to say; to be pleased to say
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to cut corners; to be shoddy
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph