judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to be able to manage somehow or another
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
to entrust; to leave to a person
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
scale; scope; plan; structure
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
manners; behavior; behaviour
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to begin to walk; to set out
to step forward; to take a step forward