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)
to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to remember; to keep in mind
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to talk to oneself; to mutter
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely
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 (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
hard fight; difficult struggle
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
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
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
receptacle; container; utensil; implement; personal property; (arch.) calibre