middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
drama; theatre; theater; play
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
stillness; tranquility; tranquillity; dullness
river management; river improvement; flood control
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
self control; self restraint
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
time; hour; season; time of the year
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
stranger; tramp; wanderer
innocence; being not guilty
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection