article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to be selected (from among many people)
to run around; to bustle about
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to remember; to keep in mind
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
for the present; for the time being
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
hard fight; difficult struggle
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
largehearted; frank; unaffected
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
to rebuke; to scold harshly
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent