naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
very popular; highly favoured
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to satisfy the requirements
write jointly; collection of autographs
coloured paper; colored paper
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
square fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.
particularly; only; in the case of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to think of; to come up with
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
hiding one's embarrassment
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to hand over; to surrender
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
although I say; although one might say; although called
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem