smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
battlefield; battleground
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
this and that; one thing or another
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to make merry; to be festive
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
a few years ago; some years back
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
complete stranger; total stranger
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
land near a castle; castle town
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to talk (a person) down; to confute
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
(within a) territory; domains
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
emotional scars; mental trauma
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
wherein; therein; thereinto