wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
my husband; one's family; family member
hard worker; hardworking person
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
briskly; quickly; promptly
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to pay attention; to be watchful
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
health; healthy; sound; fit
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to find out; to discover; to locate
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
armory; armoury; ordnance department
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to become settled; to be fixed
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to have a reason; to have an excuse