living by oneself; living alone
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
senior high school; high school
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
(Western) clothing store; clothes shop; tailor; dressmaker; tailor's shop
clothing and accessories; attire
nail technician; manicurist
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
order; sequence; procedure
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
to surge (water or waves)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
shaking (like a jelly); wobbling; with a jiggle
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
cut wound; incised wound; knife wound
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to be in focus; to come into focus
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
to blow through; to blow across
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
angular; angular-shaped; sharp-pointed