impossible; unlikely; improbable
you (plural); all of you; you all
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
how many years; how long; what year
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to engage in lively conversation
smoothly; easily; readily
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
one by one; one after another; successively
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
internal conditions; true state of affairs
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to put one's strength into
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to press a question; to cross-examine
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
pessimism; disappointment
to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to look down on; to make light of