confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
street stall; stand; booth
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to