rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to blow strongly and continuously; to brag endlessly; to boast ceaselessly
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
don't worry about it; forget about it
Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures; extracting from or excerpting (a classic)
small-boned; thin-boned; slender; slight
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to backfire; to have a harmful result
even more; still more; further
one's own handwriting; autograph
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
to mature (esp. by fermentation); to ripen (e.g. wine, cheese); to be properly aged; (arch.) to rot
being of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to look daggers at someone; to be angry
reputation; public opinion