brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
one's manners; one's attitude
February; second month of the lunar calendar
bed and food; eating and sleeping
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
even though; despite; notwithstanding
outline; summary; gist; basic points
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
verbal message; word (from someone)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
general classification; broad categorization
presence; sitting with; being with
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
feminine; womanly; female
troublesome; annoying; complicated
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
trailing dust; dust left by someone running ahead
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
comparatively; relatively
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread