distinctive; characteristic
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
(someone else's) parents; both parents
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
moment by moment; hour by hour
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
another family; another house
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
along; parallel to; in accordance with
at first; in the beginning; originally
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
just because; even if; even though
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to put one's hand on; to touch
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over