striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
beginning; clue; starting point
desire for revenge; vengeful thoughts
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
display stand; exhibition table
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
your husband; her husband
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
packing; crating; packaging
to have a hard time of it
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
women's (of items, articles, etc.); ladies'; for women's use
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
changing clothes; change of clothes
thank you for your continued patronage
relatively cheap; relatively inexpensive; on the cheap side; lowish (price)
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)