beautiful maiko or geisha
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
advance payment; money paid in advance
learning; studying the fine arts
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
outside world; physical world
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
strict order; peremptory command
tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead
salty sea breeze; salt wind
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to count on one's fingers
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
to roll up; to be rolled up
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
this institution; this parliament; this hospital; this clinic
employment position or rank
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square