Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel English Translation Notes

「ごきげんよう」is really high-falutin' talk. Daughters of really rich families, no, maybe daughters of the Emperor's family, can get away with uttering this greeting in real world conversation. Keiko-sensei still giggles at the excruciatingly high and polite level of speech used in this book, especially by Sachiko. ごきげんよう is also used by Utena's Himemiya, as in my favorite line of all time: 「ごきげんよう、西園寺…先輩」

I leave Gokigenyou untranslated, as it is an identifying phrase for this story, and the translation just wouldn't sound right. It would be like removing the -san and -sama suffixes from names. Or translating "aloha."

いよう＝いる

The preface on page 6 talks about how no such unladylike students would exist: はしたない生徒など存在していようはずもない

Story 1, Chapter 1

Translation

胸さわぎ does not mean "disturbed soul", but more like "fluttering heart" or "butterflies in the stomach." Filled with nervousness and flighty anticipation, not upset or disturbed.

The ず negative verb form

I learned a new verb form today: the ず negative form

わからず＝わからない＝not knowing

変わらず＝変わらない＝not changing

Vneg + ず is negation, just like Vneg + ない

page 10: 訳もわからず＝not knowing the reason

page 10: 何が起こったのか一瞬わからず＝in a flash, not knowing what happened

page 11: いつもと変わらず清かな微笑＝pure smile that does not change

松　竹　梅

松	まつ	pine
竹	たけ	bamboo
梅	うめ	plum

These three names are very old, carry connotations of history and good fortune. They appear in a Sho Chiku Bai commercial that runs every weekend on San Francisco's KTSF Channel 26.

Sachiko is in the pine class, 松組.

小笠原 is an old name, typical of a wealthy old family such as Sachiko's.

Student id numbers are assigned alphabetically, あいうえおーかきくけこー…. Sachiko's name 小笠原（おがさわら） starts with お, so it makes sense she would have a low student id number like 7.

The 紅（べに） in 紅薔薇 Rosa Chinensis is the same 紅（べに）in Benihana, the teppan-yaki restaurant chain.

Vocabulary/New Kanji

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残念	ざんねん	deplorable, bad luck, regret, unfortunate
残念ながら	ざんねんながら	I'm afraid to say, I'm sorry to say
発する	はっする	to emit, to give forth
認識	にんしき	recognition, cognizance
絶句	ぜっく	become speechless
辛うじて	かろうじて	barely, narrowly, just manage to do it
跳び上がる	とびあがる	to spring, to jump up, to skip
	はしたない	unladylike, immodest, vulgar
行為	こうい	act, deed, conduct
日頃	ひごろ	normally, habitually
成果	せいか	results, fruits
決して	けっして	never, by no means
驚き	おどろき	surprise, astonishment, wonder
度合い	どあい	degree, extent
激しい	はげしい	violent, vehement, intense, furious
行動	こうどう	action, conduct, behavior
追いつく	おいつく	to overtake, to catch up
瞬間	しゅんかん	moment, second, instant
冷却	れいきゃく	cooling, refrigeration
自力	じりき	by oneself, self-made
半生	はんなま	half a life
解凍	かいとう	thaw
半信半疑	はんしんはんぎ	half-belief, half-doubt
尋ねる	たずねる	to ask, to enquire
視線	しせん	one's eyes, glance, look
延長	えんちょう	extension, prolongation
	すでに	already, too late
確認	かくにん	affirmation, confirmation
済み	すみ	arranged, taken care of, settled
疑う	うたがう	to doubt, to distrust, to suspect
心境	しんきょう	mental state
理由	りゆう	reason, pretext
心当たり	こころあたり	having some knowledge of, happening to know
寸前	すんぜん	on the verge, just in front of
由	よし	reason, significance, cause
	うっすらと	faint
微笑み	ほほえみ	smile
笑み	えみ	smile
浮かべる	うかべる	to float, to express, to look
真っ直ぐ	まっすぐ	straight
近づく	ちかづく	to approach, to get near, to get acquainted with
学年	がくねん	year in school, grade in school
間近	まぢか	proximity, nearness
拝見	はいけん	seeing, look at
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腰	こし	hip, lower back
伸ばす	のばす	to length, to stretch, to reach out
欲しい	ほしい	wanted, desired
	つやつや	glossy, bright, slick
枝毛	えだげ	split ends (hair)
鞄	かばん	book bag
差し出す	さしだす	to present, to submit, to tender, to hold out
訳	わけ	reason
受け取る	うけとる	to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to interpret, to understand
後ろ	うしろ	behind
回す	まわす	to turn, to revolve
起こる	おこる	to occur, to happen
起こす	おこす	to raise, to cause, to wake someone
閉じる	とじる	to close (book, eyes, meeting), to shut
固い	かたい	hard, stubborn, firm, certain, solemn
	すくめる	to shrug, to duck, to draw back (to pull your head in like a turtle)
曲がる	まがる	to turn, to bend
依然	いぜん	still, as yet
身だしなみ	みだしなみ	appearance (one's look)
	きちんと	precisely, accurately
取り戻す	とりもどす	to take back, to regain
校舎	こうしゃ	school building
先に歩く	さきにあるく	to walk ahead of
姿	すがた	figure, shape, appearance, (connotations of a vision or amazing sight?)
状況	じょうきょう	state of affairs, situation, circumstances
従う	したがう	to obey, to follow, to accompany
徐々	じょじょ／そろそろ	gradually, steadily, quietly, slowly, soon
上る	のぼる	to rise, to ascend, to climb
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小笠原	おがさわら	Ogasawara (Sachiko's family name)
祥子	さちこ	Sachiko
出席番号	しゅっせきばんごう	student id number
	ちなみに	incidentally, by the way
通称	つうしょう	nickname, alias, a.k.a.
紅	べに	crimson, deep red
	さえもっていない	I'm not worthy
語る	かたる	to talk, to tell, to recite
生徒	せいと	pupil, student
全校	ぜんこう	the whole school
	あこがれ	yearning, longing, aspiration
的	まと	goal, mark, target
	しまう	to finish, to close, to put away
恥ずかしい	はずかしい	ashamed, embarrassed
沸騰	ふっとう	boiling, seething
	しばらく	little while
呆然	ぼうぜん	dumbfounded, in blank amazement
交わす	かわす	to exchange
意地悪	いじわる	maliciousness, ill temper, unkind
悔しい	くやしい	regrettable, mortifying, vexing, frustrating
紛れ	まぎれ	fluke, chance
紛れる	まぎれる	to be diverted, to slip into
悔し紛れ	くやしまぎれ	out of spite
清らか	きよらか	clean, pure, chaste
	ひっそり	quiet, still, silent, deserted

Story 1, Chapter 2

Translation

後をひく＝pulling at me afterwards=thinking about/dwelling on it it for so long afterwards=gnawing at me

お嬢さま

お嬢さま = daughter of rich family. Like Izumi-san in Princess Nine, or Aeka in Tenchi.

義務（ぎむ）vs. 義理（ぎり）

I read a fascinating column in the English-Language version of the Yomiuri Shimbun which explored these two terms. Upon seeing 義務教育 in this chapter, I feel internally obligated to summarize here:

義務（ぎむ） is externally-imposed compulsion, like "you have to go to school through the 9th grade."

義理（ぎり） is internally-felt compulsion, like "I feel I must give you this present as a sign of my gratitude."

Even though dictionaries translate both 義務（ぎむ）and 義理（ぎり）as "duty" or "obligation", they are actually kind of opposites.

Vocabulary/New Kanji

席	せき	place, seat
桂	かつら	Japanese Judas-tree
桂さん	かつらーさん	Katsura-san, Yumi's classmate
	コロコロ	belly laugh
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登校	とうこう	attendance (at school)
痴漢	ちかん	groper, masher, molester, pervert
通学	つうがく	commuting to school
大概	おおがい	in general, mainly
循環	じゅんかん	circulation, rotation; beltway train/bus line
利用	りよう	use, application
同様	どうよう	identical, same, alike
	メチャメチャ	total mess (like メチャクチャ）
具合	ぐあい	condition, manner, health
	おける	in, at
快適	かいてき	pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
不適	ふてき	inadequacy, inappropriate, unfitness
	まるで	as if, as though, so to speak
両	りょう	counter for vehicles
幹部	かんぶ	management, staff, leaders
呼びかけ	よびかけ	call, appeal
示し合わせる	しめしあわせる	to arrange beforehand, to make a sign to each other
固まる	かたまる	to become stiff, to harden, to become certain
乗車	じょうしゃ	taking a train; entertaining
日直	にっちょく	day duty (school chores, not cleaning)
部活	ぶかつ	club activities
数	かず	number, figure
意味	いみ	meaning, significance
噂	うわさ	rumor, gossip
以外	いがい	with the exception of, excepting
選ぶ	えらぶ	to choose, to select
女子	じょし	woman, girl
増える	ふえる	to increase, to multiply
撃退	げきたい	repulse, repel
対策	たいさく	counter-plan, counter-measure
効果	こうか	effect, effectiveness, result
男性	だんせい	male, man
締め出す	しめだす	to shut out, to bar, to lock out
締め付け	しめつけ	pressure
効力	こうりょく	effect, efficacy, validity, potency
女性	じょせい	woman
車内	しゃない	inside a carriage
進む	すすむ	to make progress, to advance, to improve
進める	すすめる	to advance, to promote, to hasten (VT)
乗り込む	のりこむ	to board, to get into (a car)
溢れる	あふれる	to flood, to overflow
通気	つうき	ventilation, airflow
殿方	とのがた	gentlemen, men
	まして	not to mention, to say nothing of
不審	ふしん	incomplete understanding, doubt, suspicion
動き	うごき	movement, activity, trend
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一滴	いってき	a drop
光沢	こうたく	brilliance, polish, lustre, glossy finish
生地	きじ	cloth, material; ones true character; unglazed pottery
使用	しよう	use, application, utilization
上品	じょうひん	elegant, refined, polished
結ぶ	むすぶ	to tie, to bind, to link
今時	いまどき	present day, today, recently, these days
膝	ひざ	knee
膝下丈	ひざしたたけ	below-the-knee length
折り	おり	folding
風	ふう	method, manner, way
革靴	かわぐつ	leather boots
天然記念物	てんねんきねんぶつ	natural monument
一般	いっぱん	general, ordinary, average
一般人	いっぱんじん	an ordinary person
一般的	いっぱんてき	popular, typical, general
根強い	ねづよい	firmly rooted, deep-seated
人目	ひとめ	glimpse, public gaze
確立	かくりつ	establishment
	ただでさえ	even in normal circumstances
狙われやすい	ねわれやすい	target
必ず	かならず	certainly, positively
身だしなみ	みだしなみ	how I look
鏡	かがみ	mirror
見立てる	みたてる	to choose, to select
前髪	まえがみ	forelock (bangs)
仕草	しぐさ	gesture, action
迂闊	うかつ	carelessness, stupidity
突っ伏す	つっぷす	to fall prostrate
撫でる	なでる	to brush gently
優雅	ゆうが	elegance, grace, refinement
素人	しろうと	amateur, novice
	いちいち	one by one, separately, point by point
	まあ	you might say (female term)
	まあね	Well, I must admit…
気にしない	きにしない	think nothing of, keep smiling
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慰め	なぐさめ	comfort, consolation, diversion
慰める	なぐさめる	to comfort, to console
	ばかし	honest to a fault, naively honest
荒療治	あらりょうじ	drastic measure or treatment
苗字	みょうじ	surname, family name
	ほとんど	mostly, almost
存在	そんざい	existence, being
同級生	どうきゅうせい	classmates (same grade/year)
同士	どうし	fellow, companion, comrade
慣例	かんれい	custom, precedent, of convention
上級生	じょうきゅうせい	upperclassmen
萎縮	いしゅく	withering, atrophy, contraction
仕方	しかた	way, method
仕方ない	しかたない	can't be helped
幹部	かんぶ	upper members, leaders
平気	へいき	coolness, calmness, composure
	チラリ	at a glance, by accident
後方	こうほう	behind, in the rear, in back
追う	おう	to chase, to run after
	ちょうど	just, right, exactly
挨拶	あいさつ	greetings
照れる	てれる	to be shy, to feel awkward
照れくさい	てれくさい	embarrassing, awkward
互い	たがい	mutual, reciprocal, each other
超	ちょう	(suffix) super-, ultra-
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頃	ころ	time, about, approximately
	がっかり	feel disappointed, lose heart
希望	きぼう	hope, wish, aspiration
希望的	きぼうてき	wishful
方程式	ほうていしき	equation
囁く	ささやく	to whisper, to murmur
	ひそめる	to hide, to conceal
通り越す	とおりこす	to go past, to go beyond
有名	ゆうめい	fame
契り	ちぎり	pledge, vow, promise
最新	さいしん	latest, newest
唇	くちびる	lips
確か	たしか	if I am not mistaken, if I recall correctly
申し込む	もうしこむ	to apply for, to request
ひとつはさんで	ひとつはさんで	on opposite sides
丸める	まるめる	to round, to roll, to curl up
淑女	しゅくじょ	lady
言い難い	いいがたい	hard to say, hesitant to say
光景	こうけい	scene, spectacle
辺	へん	area, vicinity
本人	ほんにん	the person himself
許し	ゆるし	pardon, forgiveness
世	よ	world, society, age, generation
他人	たにん	another person, outsider
噂話	うわさばなし	gossip
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	そもそも	in the first place, to begin with
高等	こうとう	high class, high grade
自主性	じしゅせい	independence
尊重	そんちょう	respect, esteem, regard
学校側	がっこうがわ	school's ways, traditions?
姿勢	しせい	attitude, posture
	によって	because of
義務教育	ぎむきょういく	compulsory education
及び	および	and, as well as
管理	かんり	control, management
自ら	みずから	for one's self, personally
委ねる	ゆだねる	to entrust to, to devote oneself to
秩序	ちつじょ	order, regularity, system, method
導く	みちびく	to be guided, to be shown
	ごとく	like, as, just like
指導	しどう	leadership, guidance, coaching
方法	ほうほう	method, manner, way, means, technique
採用	さいよう	use, adopt
以来	いらい	since, henceforth
徹底	てってい	thoroughness, completeness
特別	とくべつ	special
厳しい	きびし	severe, strict, solemn, majestic
校則	こうそく	school regulations
清い	きよい	clean, pure, noble
代々	だいだい	for generations, generation after generation
受け継ぐ	うけつぐ	to inherit, to succeed, to take over
継	つぐ	to succeed (someone in a business or inheritence)
混乱	こんらん	confusion, disorder, chaos, mayhem
避ける	さける	to avoid, to avert
個人的	こじんてき	personal, individualistic, self-centered
結びつく	むすびつく	to be connected or related, to join together
指す	さす	to point, to play, to put up umbrella
授受	じゅじゅ	give and receive
行い	おこない	deed, conduct, behavior, action
約束	やくそく	arrangement, promise
儀式	ぎしき	ceremony, rite, ritual, service
定か	さだか	definite, sure
鳴らす	ならす	to ring, to sound, to chime, to snort (nose)
興奮	こうふん	excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
	ズレ	out of focus, you're not getting it
両天秤	りょうてんびん	two alternatives (weighing on a scale)
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人聞き	ひとぎき	reputation, respectability
捨てる	すてる	to throw away, to cast aside, to abandon
	もったいない	too good, more than one deserves, wasteful
早いもの勝ち	はやいものかち	first come, first served
肩	かた	shoulder
	きらす	to be short of, to be out of
	ズバリ	frankly, straight, unreservedly
言い切る	いいきる	to declare, to assert, to state definitively
安泰	はんたい	peace, security, tranquility
取り合う	とりあう	to take each other's hands, to compete, to scramble for (often used in triangle relationships)
双方	そうほう	two way, both parties, mutual, both
即	そく	immediate
朝拝	ちょうはい	morning prayer
鐘	かね	bell, chime
鳴る	なる	to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo
続く	つづく	to be continued
校内	こうない	within a school
放送	ほうそう	broadcast
賛美歌	さんびか	hymn, hymnal
聖堂	せいどう（みどう）	chapel
祈り	いのり	prayer
	まず	almost, hardly (neg), anyway
聖歌	せいか	hymn, chant, sacred song
学園長	がくえんちょう	principal (-長)
静める	しずめる	to appease, to suppress, to calm
捧げる	ささげる	to lift up, to give, to offer, to devote
暮らす	くらす	to live, to get along
平穏	へいおん	tranquil, calm, restful, peaceful, quiet
外れる	はずれる	to be disconnected, to get out of place
予感	よかん	presentiment, premonition

Story 1, Chapter 3

Translation

うん＝yep, ええ＝yes

うん is informal, shows up in Azumanga Daioh all the time. ええ is formal, and appears here on page 18.

＿なものですか

＿なものですか is "it's totally the opposite of _".

ご冗談なものですか="I'm totally not joking."

上　中　下

When used for high/middle/low scores on tests, the up/middle/down kanji are pronounced:

上	しょう
中	ちゅう
下	げ

XというYというZという

There was one sentence on page 66 that was a little... ornate. It used the という (is called) construction three times:

今朝というかなり近い過去であるにもかかわらず、記憶に残っていないというとは、祐巳の印象があまりに薄かったということだろうか。

Transliterated, this comes out "The little while ago that is called this morning, it's not like the remnants that is called ancient history. Was Yumi's impression a thing called faint?"

I'm sure the repeated parallel use of という here is some sort of poetic construct.

舌の根を乾かす早い

One's tongue is still wet from the previous statement, and already one is saying something entirely different. What a fast turnaround.

I can't think of an analogous US English idiom.

Vocabulary/New Kanji

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放課後	ほうかご	after school
掃除当番	そうじとうばん	one's turn for doing the sweeping/cleaning
掃除	そうじ	cleaning
行き違い	いきちがい	misunderstanding, disagreement
早足	はやあし	quick pace
参る	まいる	to go, to come, to call; to be defeated; to visit; to be madly in love
結構	けっこう	splendid, nice, wonderful; quite, very
離れる	はなれる	to be separated from, to leave, to go away
持参	じさん	bringing, taking, carrying
昇降口	しょうこうぐち	entrance, hatch(way)
便利	べんり	convenient, handy, useful
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聞き返す	ききかえす	to ask in return, to ask again, to listen repeatedly
日誌	にっし	log, diary
返す	かえす	to return something
返る	かえる	to return, to com back, to go back
無垢	むく	purity
瞳	ひとみ	pupil (of eye)
濡れる	ぬれる	to get wet
緩やか	ゆるやか	lenient
廊下	ろうか	corridor, hallway
並ぶ	ならぶ	to line up, to stand in line (VI)
並べる	ならべる	to line up, to set up
見送る	みおくる	to see off, to farewell, to escort
所属	しょぞく	attached to, belong to
存じる	ぞんじる	to know (humble)
直る	なおる	to be cured, to heal, to get mended (VI)
向き直る	むきなおる	to turn around
唐突	とうとつ	abrupt, sudden
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	ほぼ	almost, roughly, approximately
手放す	てばなす	to release, to relinquish
逃す	のがす	to let loose, to set free, to let escape
	せざるをえない	cannot avoid doing, is compelled to do, has to do
腕	うで	arm; skill
平凡	へいぼん	common, ordinary, mediocre
割増し	わりまし	premium, bonus, extra wages
三割増し	三割増し	thirty percent more
＿割	＿わ	＿ percent (一= 10%, 二=20%, etc)
＿割増し	＿わりまし	＿ percent more
可愛らしい	かわいらしい	lovely, sweet
可愛い	かわいい	pretty, cute, lovely, charming, dear, darling, pet
可愛がる	かわいがる	to love, to be affectionate
学園祭	がくえんさい	school festival
早朝	そうちょう	early morning
被写体	ひしゃたい	(photo) subject, model
	もっぱら	wholly, solely, entirely
人物	じんぶつ	character, personality, person, man, talented man
細かい	こまかい	small; fine, minute
女子高生	じょしこうせい	female high-school student, high school girls
構える	かまえる	to set up
隠し撮り	かくしどり	peeping photo, taking pictures secretly
	まがい	imitation, sham
真似	まね	mimicry, imitation, behavior, pretense
覗き見	のぞきみ	peeping tom
覗く	のぞく	to peep in, to look in, to peek in, to stick out
現役	げんえき	active duty, active service
特権	とっけん	privilege, special right
生かす	いかす	to make use of
閉じこむ	とじこむ	to (keep on) file
	いずれ	eventually, anyhow, at any rate
年老いる	としおいる	to grow old
輝く	かがやく	to shine, to glitter, to sparkle
保存	ほぞん	preservation, conservation, storage, maintenance
与える	あたえる	to give, to present, to award
拳	こぶし	fist
振り	ぶり	(suffix) style, manner
振る	ふる	to wave, to shake, to swing (VT)
振られる	ふられる	to give someone they cold shoulder, to be jilted, to be rejected
握り拳	にぎりこぶし	clenched fist
振り上げる	ふりあげる	to raise overhead
振り向く	ふりむく	to turn one's face, to turn around
振り返る	ふりかえる	to turn head, to look over one's shoulder, to turn around, to look back
振り絞る	ふりしぼる	to strain one's voice
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	それぞれ	each, every, respectively, severally
通す	とおす	to let pass, to overlook, to continue, to keep, to make way for, to persist in
通る	とおる	to pass (by), to go through, to walk along, to pass exams
通う	かよう	to go back and forth, to ply between, to attend (school, church), commuting to/from school
	ボツ	bad
	ネガ	negative (film)
燃やす	もやす	to burn
発表	はっぴょう	announcement, publication
事前	じぜん	prior, beforehand, in advance
同意	どうい	agreement, consent, same meaning, same opinion, approval
得る	える／うる	to get, to gain, to win
	きっかり	exactly, precisely
秒	びょう	second (of time)
要する	ようする	to demand, to require, to take
	あるまじき	unlikey
押さえる	おさえる	to stop, to restrain, to seize, to repress
記憶	きおく	memory, recollection, remembrance
	すっぽり	all together
消し去る	けしさる	to get rid of, to erase
光景	光景	scene, spectacle
握る	にぎる	to grasp, to seize, to mould sushi, to make a fist, to clench
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落とす	おとす	to drop, to lose, to let fall; to get
落ちる	おちる	to fall down, to drop, to fail (e.g. exam), to crash, to degenerate, to degrade
尚	なお	still, yet, more, further (usually written in kana)
尚の事	なおのこと	all the more, still more
見つめる	みつめる	to stare at, to gaze, at, to look hard at
見つける	みつける	to be familiar, to discover, to find fault, to detect, to find out, to locate
側	そば	near, close, beside
望遠	ぼうえん	seeing at a distance
全身	ぜんしん	the whole body, full-length (portrait)
雰囲気	ふんいき	mood, ambience
躾	しつけ	training, home discipline, upbringing, breeding
縋り付く	すがりつく	to cling to
取り上げる	とりあげる	to take up, to pick up, to confiscate, to deprive
表情	ひょうじょう	facial expression
展示	てんじ	exhibition, display
飾る	かざる	to decorate, to ornament, to adorn
血迷う	ちまよう	to lose one's mind, to lose control of oneself
身長	しんちょう	height of body, stature
体重	たいじゅう	one's body weight
容姿	ようし	appearance, figure
平均点	へいきんてん	average mark, mean point
平均	へいきん	equilibrium, balance, average, mean
条件	じょうけん	conditions, terms
満たす	みたす	to satisfy, to fulfill
	さらす	to air, to expose
無謀	むぼう	reckless, thoughtless
冗談	じょうだん	jest, joke
確信	かくしん	conviction, confidence
返上	へんじょう	give up, relinquish
現像	げんぞう	developing (film)
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同時	どうじ	simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time
お腹	おなか	stomach
腹	はら	abdomen, belly, stomach
弁当	べんとう	box lunch
眠る	ねむる	to sleep
趣味	しゅみ	hobby, tastes, preference
育ち盛り	そだちざかり	growth spurt
食欲	しょくよく	appetite
越える	こえる	to exceed, to cross over, to pass through
	うつむく	to hang one's head in shame, to look downward
摘む	つまむ	to hold, to pick up
	チラチラ	fluttering, flickering, intermittently
揺らす	ゆらす	to rock, to shake, to swing
密か	ひそか	secret, private, surreptitious
憧れ	あこがれ	yearning, longing, aspiration
	ツーショット	two-shot (photo with two people)
所持	しょじ	possession, owning
事実	じじつ	fact, truth, reality
修学旅行	しゅうがくりょこう	school trip, excursion, field trip
職員室	しょくいんしつ	staff room, teachers' room
張り出す	はりだす	to put up a notice, to project, to jut out
学年	がくねん	year in school, grade in school
頼む	たのむ	to request, to beg, to ask
	すら	even
運動会	うんどうかい	athletic meet
背後	はいご	back, rear
偶然	ぐうぜん	by chance, unexpectedly, fortuity
写る	うつる	to be photographed, to be projected
待ち	まち	waiting, waiting time
米粒	こめつぶ	grain of rice
豆粒	まめつぶ	spec (bean)
失礼	しつれい	discourtesy, impoliteness
鉛筆	えんぴつ	pencil
探偵	たんてい	detective work
私立探偵	しりつたんてい	private detective
以降	いこう	on and after, hereafter, thereafter
満足	まんぞく	satisfaction
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	キラリ	eyeglass glare
光る	ひかる	to shine, to glitter, to be bright
以前	いぜん	ago, since, before
我慢	がまん	patience, endurance, self-denial
駄目	だめ	useless, no good, hopeless
得意	とくい	pride, triumph, forte, one's strong point
得意げ	とくいげ	proud, elated
許可	きょか	permission, approval
無理	むり	unreasonable, impossible, overdoing
絶対	ぜったい	absolute, unconditional
	とんでもない	outrageous, No way!
	セラリ	simply, easily
親し	したし	intimate, close (friend)
説明	せつめい	explanation
途中	とちゅう	on the way, en route, midway
何事	なにごと	what, something, nothing (w/neg)
注意	ちゅうい	caution, being careful, attention (heed)
	さぞかし	I am sure
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	うらやましい	envious, jealous
赤面	せきめん	red-faced, blush
赤面	あかつら	red face, kabuki villan, oni face
復活	ふっかつ	revival, restoration
	だらしのない	untidy, sloppy, unkempt
未来	みらい	future
訪れる	おとずれる	to visit
出会い	であい	meeting, rendezvous, encounter
	ワンシーン	scene (movie)
拾う	ひろう	to pick up, to find, to gather
些細	ささい	trivial, slight
出来事	できごと	incident, affair, happening, event
	あわてふためく	to get into a panic, to be flustered
礼儀	れいぎ	manners, courtesy, etiquette
成り下がる	なりさがる	to be degraded, to come down in the world
陰	かげ	shade, shadow, other side
接近	せっきん	getting closer, drawing near, approaching
	つらい	painful, heart-breaking
交渉	こうしょう	negotiations, discussions, connection
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怖い	こわい	scary, frightening
恐ろしい	おそろしい	terrible, dreadful
別格	べっかく	special, extraordinary
地位	ちい	position, status
殿上人	てんじょうびと	aristocracy (outdated Heian-esque term)
有利	ゆうり	advantageous, better, profitable, lucrative
	ほどく	to unfasten
実際	じつさい	practical, actual condition, status quo
計算	けいさん	calculation, reckoning
目にとまる	めにとまる	to catch one's attention
一心	いっしん	one mind, wholehearted
	わざと	on purpose
	ゆるめる	to loosen, to slow down
大胆	だいたん	bold, daring, audacious
実行	じっこう	practice, performance, execution, realization
末路	まつろ	last days, end, fate
	たどる	to follow, to pursue, to follow up
舞台	ぶたい	stage (theatre)
中央	ちゅうおう	center, middle
主演	しゅえん	starring, playing the lead role
女優	じょゆう	actress
朗々	ろうろう	clear, full-sounding
特	とく	particularly, especially
潔癖	けっぺき	fastidiousness, love of cleanliness, Felix Unger
愚か者	おろかもの	fool
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精神	せいしん	mind, soul, spirit, heart, intention
宿	やど	inn, lodging
幼稚舎	ようちしゃ	kindergarten
約	やく	about, approximately, some
破る	やぶる	to tear, to violate, to defeat, to smash
冷ややか	ひややか	cold, chilly, cool, indifferent, cold-hearted
一瞥	いちべつ	a glance, a look
無視	むし	disregard, ignore
済まない	すまない	sorry (phrase)
後日談	ごじつだん	sequel, later story
筋	すじ	muscle, string, line, stripe, plot, plan
限る	かぎる	to restrict, to limit, to confine
立ち向かう	たちむかう	to fight against, to oppose, to face
逃げ腰	にげごし	preparing to flee, turning to run away
上履き	うわばき	indoor shoes, slippers
つま先	つまさき	tiptoe
	しっかり	firmly, tightly, reliable, steady
方向	ほうこう	direction, course, way
	むしろ	rather, better, instead
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本来	ほんらい	essentially, naturally, by nature
気高い	けだかい	sublime, extreme beauty
寛容	かんよう	forbearance, tolerance, generosity
	ただし	but, however, provided that
意識	いしき	consciousness, senses
美意識	びいしき	sense of beauty, aesthetic sense
反する	はんする	to be inconsistent with, to oppose, to contradict, to rebel
関する	かんする	to concern, to be related
に関する	にかんする	related to, in relation to
断じて	だんじて	positively, decidedly
許す	ゆるす	to permit, to allow, to approve
独自	どくじ	original, peculiar, characteristic
法	ほう	law, act
突っ走る	つっぱしる	to run swiftly
	たまらない	intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
挙手	きょしゅ	raising one's hand, salute
国語	こくご	national language
	レベル	level
成績	せいせき	results, record
腕組	うでぐみ	arm wrestling, folding one's arms
理論	りろん	theory
伝える	つたえる	to convey, to report, to transmit, to tell
簡単	かんたん	simple
理不尽	りふじん	unreasonable, irrational
怒る	おこる	to get angry, to get mad, to be angry
怒り	いかり	anger, hatred
常に	つねに	always, constantly
道理	どうり	reason, truth
安心	あんしん	relief, peace of mind
説得	せっとく	persuasion
馬が合う	うまがあう	are compatible, get along well
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回路	かいろ	circuit (electric)
	さっぱり	feeling refreshed, feeling relieved, neat, trimmed
	さっぱりわからない	have no inkling of
根拠	こんきょ	basis, foundation
勘	かん	perception, intuition, the sixth sense
直感	ちょっかん	intuition, instinct, insight, hunch.
関わる	かかわる	to concern oneself, to have do to with
快挙	かいきょ	brilliant achievement
力説	りきせつ	insistence, emphasis, stress
気づく／気付く	きづく	to notice, to recognize, to become aware of
気が合う	きがあう	to get along (with someone)
歩み寄る	あゆみよる	to step up, to compromise, to meet halfway
	つまり	in short, in brief, in other words
用事	ようじ	tasks, things to do
押しつける	おしつける	to press, to push, to force
病む	やむ	to fall ill, to be ill
気に病む	きにやむ	to worry
別	べつ	different, another, separate, extra
別々	べつべつ	separately, individually
替える	かえる	to exchange, to interchange, to substitute, to replace
丁寧	ていねい	polite, courteous, careful, kind
誘う	さそう	to invite, to call out
	ふふん	(interjectin) pooh!
演劇	えんげき	play (theatrical)
勧誘	かんゆう	invitation, solicitation, inducement
堂に入る	どうにいる	to become an expert, to be a master at
扉	とびら	door, opening
最後	さいご	last, conclusion
殺し文句	ころしもんく	"killing" words
押し切る	おしきる	to have one's own way
渉	しょう	deal with
役	えき	war, campaign, battle
役	やく	role, use, service, position
引き受け	ひくうけ	undertaking, underwriting

Story 1, Chapter 4

Translation

サファイア

If Maria-sama's birthday is in September (Virgo!), her birth stone would be Sapphire.

意地悪

意地悪 (malicious, mean) is an inelegant word, out of place in a refined setting such as Lillian. They go on an on about how one would surely never use such language.

Note that Yumi thought "マリア様の意地悪" way back in the first chapter, so apparently she has more in common with Sachiko-sama than she realizes.

館

館 is more like a house for aristocrats of old, a rich person's house. So "Rose Manor" sounds about right for 薔薇の館.

Verb + し = Verb + から

「…祥子さまは多分二階にいらっしゃると思うし」 is "Because I think Sachiko-sama is probably on the second floor.", in a plain/familiar voice. This し here isn't a form of する, but an explanation marker.

Bonus points for noticing in this one sentence that Shimako-san is very polite towards 祥子さま　(いらっしゃる), and yet close and friendly with Yumi and Tsutako-san (思うし).

方　（かた／がた）

ー方 as a suffix is a polite form of plural, like ーたち but more polite.

For example, on page 37 Sachiko-sama tells the three Roses that they're being cruel:

「横暴ですわ！　お姉さま方の意地悪！」

元　（もと）

元ー as a prefix means former-.

For example, on page 32 Sachiko's family on her mother's side comes from former nobility:

母の実家は元華族という

Vocabulary/New Kanji

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	ちなん	named after
樫	かし	evergreen oak
ウグイス	うぐいす	nightingale
山百合	やまゆり	golden-rayed lily
子供心	こどもごころ	childlike mind, judgement as a child
未だ	いまだ	as yet, not yet(neg)
引きずる	ひきずる	to seduce, to drag along, to pull, to prolong, to support
喩える	たとえる	to compare, to liken, to use a simile
宝石	ほうせき	gem, jewel
俗物	ぞくぶつ	vulgar person, worldly-minded person, secular
植物	しょくぶつ	plant, vegetation
動植物	どうしょくぶつ	plants and animals, flora and fauna
同列	どうれつ	same rank or file, company, attendance
違和感	いわかん	disorderly feeling, uneasy
	ぼんやり	absentminded, block-headed, dim, faint, vague
比較的	ひかくてき	comparitively, relatively
裕福	ゆうふく	affluence, propsperity
設計	せっけい	design, (architecture & landscaping)
事務所	じむしょ	office
開く	ひらく	to open (start a business)
一応	いちおう	once, tentatively, in outline, for the time being
社長	しゃちょう	company president, manager, director
令嬢	れいじょう	daughter, young woman
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職業	しょくぎょう	occupation, business
日常	にちじょう	ordinary, regular, everyday
漏れ聞く	もれきく	to overhear
弁護士	べんごし	lawyer
中小企業	ちゅうしょうきぎょう	small to medium business
大企業	だいきぎょう	large company
部長	ぶちょう	head of a section or department
教授	きょうじゅ	professor
偉そうな	いそうな	important
肩書き	かたがき	title, degree (literally, "shoulder writing")
訪ねる	たずねる	to visit
	そんじょそこら	ordinary (old-fashioned term)
格	かく	status, character, case
偉	？	greatness
百貨	ひゃっか	all kinds of goods
レジャー	れいじゃあ	leisure
施設	しせつ	establishment, facility
幅広い	はばひろい	wide width
経営	けいえい	management, administration
会長	かいちょう	chairman
孫娘	まごむすめ	granddaughter
実家	じっか	(one's parents') home
華族	かぞく	noble, peer
元華族	もとかぞく	former noble, peer
家柄	いえがら	parentage, pedigree, good family
校舎	こうしゃ	school building
中庭	なかにわ	courtyard, middle court
隅	すみ	corner, nook
建坪	たてつぼ	floor space
列記	れっき	list
独立	どくりつ	independence
外観	がいかん	facade
趣	おもむき	appearance
突き出す	つきだす	to push out, to project
一旦	いったん	once, for a moment, temporarily, one morning
下ろす	おろす	to take down, to drop, to lower
準備	じゅんび	preparation, arrangements
連日	れんじつ	every day, prolonged
再び	ふたたび	again, once more, a second time
	あくまで	stubbornly, persistently, to the end, to the last; in principle, the main idea is
ラッキョ	らっきょ	stinky pickled veggies
付き添う	つきそう	to attend on, to wait upon, to accompany, to chaperone
立場	たちば	standpoint, position, situation
	いったい	what on earth?
文句	もんく	phrase, complaint
	じっと	fixedly, firmly, patiently, quietly
旨く行く	うまくいく	to go smoothly, to turn out well
汚名	おめい	stigma, dishonor, infamy
	あわよくば	if it goes even better (than うまくいく)
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引けない	ひけない	cannot retreat, cannot withdraw
普通	ふつう	generally, ordinarily, usually
打ちつける	うちつける	to knock, to run into, to nail on, to strike hard
何て	なんて	how! what!
気弱	きよわ	timid, fainthearted
叩く	たたく	to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat
	かなり	considerably, fairly, quite
度胸	どきょう	courage, bravery, pluck, nerve, grit, guts
急かす	せかす	to hurry, to urge on
急ぐ	いそぐ	to hurry, to rush
切り返す	きりかえす	to slash or strike back, to counterattack
手の平	てのひら	palm of one's hand
汗	あせ	sweat, perspiration
汗ばむ	あせばむ	to be sweaty
陽気	ようき	season, weather, cheerfulness
未知	みち	not yet known
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バネ	ばね	spring (coil, leaf)
仕掛け	しかけ	device, trick, mechanism, gadget
ハネ仕掛け	はねじかけ	Jack-in-the-Box, spring mechanism
ホーッ	ほうっ	sigh of relief
息	いき	breath, tone
吐く	つく／はく	to breathe; to tell (lies); to vomit, to disgorge
現れ	あらわれ	embodiment, materialization
現れる	あらわれる	to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to express oneself
気絶	きぜつ	faint, swoon
オーバー	おおばあ	over, exceeding, going beyond, exaggeration
取り乱す	とりみだす	to scatter about, to be distracted
失態	しったい	mismanagement, fault, error, failure, disgrace, discredit
確実	かくじつ	certainty, reliability, soundness
横	よこ	beside, side, width
横に	よこに	crosswise, side-to-side
軽い	かるい	light, non-serious, minor
肘鉄	ひじてつ	rebuff (elbow poke)
取り次ぐ	とりつぐ	to act as an agent for, to announce (someone), to convey (a message)
気安い	きやすい	relaxed, familiar, easy to access, friendly
随分	ずいぶん	extremely
多分	たぶん	perhaps, probably
階	かい	counter for floors
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巻き毛	まきけ	curl, ringlet
怖じ気	おじけ	fear
手招き	てまねき	beckoning
招く	まねく	to invite
見とれてる	みとれてる	to be fascinated by, to be charmed with
色白	いろじろ	fair-skinned, light-complexioned
引き替え	ひきかえ	on the contrary, on the other hand
	ただ	mere, sole, only, usual, common
天パー	天パー	naturally curly hair (天=natural, パー=short for perm/wave)
癖っ毛／癖毛	くせっけ／くせげ	kinky or curly hair
跳ねる	はねる	to jump, to leap, to prance, to spring up
放題	ほうだい	(suffix) as much as you would like to do
剛毛	ごうもう	bristle
片	かた	one part, on one hand
一片	いっぺん	one edge (counter for geometry edges)
綿菓子	わたがし	cotton candy
野生動物	やせいどうぶつ	wild animal
分けて／別けて	わけて	above all, especially, particularly
	どうにかこうにか	somehow or other
ゴクリ	ごくり	gulp
唾	つば	saliva, spit
呑み込む	のみこむ	to gulp down, to swallow deeply
飲み込む	のみこむ	to gulp down, to swallow deeply
道連れ	みちづれ	fellow traveler
吹き抜け	ふきぬけ	a draft, a stairwell
吹き抜けのフロア	ふきぬけのふろあ	a floor with an open ceiling
吹く	ふく	to blow (wind, etc); to emit, to spout
稍	やや	a little, partially, somewhat, a short time
急勾配	きゅうこうばい	steep slope
突き当たり	つきあたり	end (e.g. of street)
明かり	あかり	lamplight, light (in general), brightness
羽目	はめ	panel, wainscoting
下りる	おいる	to alight, to get off, to descend (e.g. stairs)
夕方	ゆうがた	evening, late afternoon
日差し	ひざし	sunlight, rays of the sun
階下	かいか	lower floor, downstairs
伸びる	のびる	to stretch, to extend, to make progress
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真上	まうえ	just above, right overhead
気配	けはい	indication, market trend, worry
大仕事	おおしごと	big job, great task
疲れる	つかれる	tiredness, fatigue
襞	ひだ	pleats
擦る	かする	to touch lightly, to take a percentage (from)
擦る	こする	to rub, to scrub
器用	きよう	skillful, handy
頷く	うなずく	to nod, to bow one's head in assent
頷いて	うなずいて	with a nod
入学	にゅうがく	entry to school or university
約半年	やくはんねん	approximately half a year
居住区	きょじゅうく	living quarters
同率	どうりつ	the same ratio or percentage
一位	いちい	first place, first rank, unit's position
禁忌	きんき	taboo
空間	くうかん	space, room, airspace
急	きゅう	urgent, sudden, steep
不安	ふあん	anxiety, uneasiness, insecurity, suspense
部外者	ぶがいしゃ	outsider, someone outside of a group
最上	さいじょう	best
瞬く	またたく	to wink, to waver, to twinkle
本部	ほんぶ	headquarters
役員	やくいん	officer, official, executive, staff
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会員	かいいん	member
歓迎	かんげい	welcome
	もっとも	most, extremely
大歓迎	だいかんげい	warm welcome
押し寄せる	おしよせる	to push aside, to advance on
床	ゆか	floor
床	とこ	bed, sickbed, alcove, padding
抜ける	ぬける	to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing, to escape
木造	もくぞう	wooden, made of wood
	せいぜい	at the most, at best, to the utmost, as much as possible
少なくとも	すくなくとも	at least
ギシギシ	ぎしぎし	creak
先頭	せんとう	head, lead, vanguard, first
	つんざく	to break, to tear, to pierce, to split, to burst
越す	こす	to go over (with an audience)
	そくわない	seem in no way compatible, unfit
横暴	おうぼう	violence, oppression, high-handedness, tyranny, despotism
妙	みょう	strange, unusual
掴む	つかむ	to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on
	つかまえる	to catch, to arrest, to seize
捕まる	つかまる	to be caught, to be arrested
つかみ所	つかみどころ	hold, grip, point
錚々	そうそう	eminent, distiguish
鎮座	ちんざ	sitting (emperor, throne, ruling)
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出席	しゅっせき	attendance, presence
素直	すなお	obedient, meek, docile, unaffected
	たじろぐ	to falter, to wince
拗ねる	すねる	to be peevish, to sulk, to pout
対する	たいする	to face, to confront, to oppose
微笑	びしょう	smile (same kanji as 頬笑み／ほほえみ)
	せずに	without (doing), instead of
連れる	つれる	companion, company
連れて来る	つれてくる	to bring someone along
仰る	おっしゃる	to say, to speak, to tell (honorific)
台詞	ぜりふ	speech, words, one's lines, remarks
	とともに	together with
勢い	いきおい	force, vigor, energy, spirit, life, power
弾き出す	はじきだす	to calculate, to spring out, to force
内側	うちがわ	inside, interior, inner part
不幸	ふこう	unhappiness, sorrow, accident
事故	じこ	accident, incident
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前面	ぜんめん	front surface
衝撃	しょうげき	shock, crash, impact, ballistic
受ける	うける	to undertake, to acccept, to take (damage)
次ぐ	つぐ	to rank next to, to come after
視界	しかい	field of vision
傾ぐ	かしぐ	to careen, to lurch
天井	てんじょう	ceiling
お尻	おしり	arse, bottom, buttocks
激痛	げきつう	pain (intense, sharp, violent)
尾	お	tail, ridge, spur
控える	ひかえる	to draw in, to hold back
狙う	ねらう	to aim at
直撃	ちょくげき	direct hit
何が何だか	なにがなんだか	what's what
	ぶつける	to knock, to run into, to nail on, to strike hard
妙な	たえな	unexpected, strange
圧迫感	あっぱくかん	feeling of oppression
覆い	おおい	mantle, cover, shroud
被さって	被さって	covered
仰向け	あおむけ	face up
倒れる	たおれる	to collapse, to break down, to fall
辺り	あたり／ほとり	neighborhood, vicinity, nearby
判別	はんべつ	distinction, discrimination
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呟く	つぶやく	to mutter, to murmur
間違い	まちがい	mistake
判断	はんだん	decision, conclusion, decipherment
起こす	おこす	to raise, to cause, to wake someone
サラサラ	さらさら	rustling, murmuring, fluently
	ねじれる	to twist, to wrench, to screw
揺れる	ゆれる	to shake, to sway
戻る	もどる	to turn back, to return
派手	はで	showy, loud, gay, flashy, gaudy
押しつぶす	おしつぶす	to squash, to crush, to flatten
悲惨	ひさん	tragedy, disaster, misery, wretched, pitiful
被害者	ひがいしゃ	victim, injured party, sufferer
香り	かおり	aroma, fragrance, scent, smell
伴う	ともなう	to accompany, to bring with, to be accompanied
騒ぎ	さわぎ	uproar, disturbance
ゾロゾロ	ぞろぞろ	in groups, in succession
総会	そうかい	general meeting
勢揃い	せいぞろい	array, muster, line-up, full force
至る	いたる	to come, to return
	やっと	at last, at length
把握	はあく	grasp, catch, understand
	あわてる	to become confused
	あわてて	in hot haste, in confusion
抱き起こす	だきおこす	to lift (a person) in one's arms, to help (a person) sit up
人波	ひとなみ	surging crowd, wave of humanity, stampede
分ける	わける	to divide, to separate
菊	きく	chrysanthemum
支倉令さま	はせくられいさま	Hasekura Rei-sama
	さすが	clever, adept, good, as one would expect
武道	ぶどう	martial arts, Bushido
娘	むすめ	daughter (humble)
受け身	うけみ	passive, passive voice
失敗	しっぱい	failure, mistake, blunder
脳	のう	brain, memory
	しんとう	impact, concussion
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男装	だんそう	disguising oneself as a man
麗人	れいじん	beautiful woman, beauty, belle
希少価値	きしょうかち	rare, very precious
似る	にる	to resemble, to be similar
袴	はかま	hakama (Japanese-style pants, think Samurai drama)
着こなす	きこなす	to wear clothes stylishly, to dress oneself stylishly
ジンジン	じんじん	tingle
大事	おおごと	important, valuable, serious matter
覗き込む	のぞきこむ	to look into, to peer in
至近距離	しきんきょり	point blank range
	いたたまれない	intolerable
汚れる	よごれる	to get dirty, to become dirty (things)
汚れる	けがれる	to get dirty, to become dirty (people, souls, spirits)
空気	くうき	air, atmosphere
耐える	たえる	to bear, to withstand
	きれず	???to cut it, to handle it, negated???
不死鳥	ふしちょう	Phoenix
ピョンピョン	ぴょんぴょん	hopping, skipping
跳ねる	はねる	to jump, to leap, to spring up
加減	かげん	addition and subtraction, allowance for, degree, measure
ピエロ	ぴえろ	clown (fr: pierrot)
嫌	いや	icky
救急車	きゅうきゅうしゃ	ambulance
	かねる	？？？
安堵	あんど	relief
抱きしめる	だきしめる	to hug someone close, to hold someone tight
	さっき	some time ago
胸の膨らみ	むねのふくらみ	swell of someone's breasts
構造上	こうぞうじょう？	structure, construction
体型	たいけい	figure (body)
個人差	こじんさ	individual differences
表に出	???	let out, reveal
豊か	ゆたか	abundant, wealthy, plentiful, rich
畏れ多くも	おそれおおくも	graciously
抱擁	ほうよう	embrace, hug, holding in one's arms
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抱きつく	だきつく	to cling to
外す	はずす	to unfasten, to remove
自爆	じばく	self-destruction, suicide bomb
代わり	かわり	substitute, deputy, proxy
	ぶつかる	to strike, to collide with
巻き込む	まきこむ	to roll up, to involve, to enfold
小声	こごえ	low voice, whisper
内緒	ないしょ	secret, privacy
内緒話	ないしょばなし	secret talk
殺す	ころす	to kill
密着	みっちゃく	glued to
離す	はなす	to part, to divide, to separate
進み出る	すすみでる	to step forward, to volunteer
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言う通りにしなさい	いうとおりにしなさい	Do as I say
強引	ごういん	overbearing, coercive, pushy, high-handed
豪華	ごうか	wonderful, gorgeous, splendor, pomp
連れて行く	つれていく	to take someone (of lower status) along
報告	ほうこく	report, information
ヒステリー	ひすてりい	hysteria
気味	きみ	sensation, feeling
打って変わる	うってかわる	to change suddenly
凛	りん	cold
知的	ちてき	intellectual
転がす	ころがす	to roll (VT)
転がる	ころがる	to roll, to tumble (VI)
余裕	よゆう	surplus, composure, margin, room
貫禄	かんろく	presence, dignity
口ごもる	くちごもる	to hesitate to say, to mumble, to hem and haw
自己紹介	じこしょうかい	self-introduction
告げる	つげる	to inform
今更	いまさら	now, at this late hour
回転	かいてん	rotation, revolution, turning
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福沢諭吉	ふくざわゆきち	the guy whose face is on the 10,000-yen bill
華	はな	flower, petal
華やか	はなやか	gay, showy, brilliant, gorgeous, florid
値踏み	ねぶみ	appraisal, estimation, evaluation, setting prices
	どうなさって	what about it/her?
取り囲む	とりかこむ	framing, surrounding
蛇	へび	snake, serpent
睨む	にらむ	to glare at, to keep an eye on
蛙って	かえる	frog
状態	じょうたい	condition, situation, circumstances, state
多少	たしょう	more or less, somewhat, a little
親しみ	したしみ	intimacy, affection, familiarity
勘弁	かんべん	pardon, forgiveness, forbearance
	とはいえ	admitting that, granted
茨	いばら	thorn
棘	とげ	thorn, splinter, spine, biting words
重圧	じゅうあつ	pressure
クラクラ	くらくら	dizziness, giddiness
	すっかり	all, completely, thoroughly
怯える	おびえる	to become frightened, to have a nightmare
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	いきなり	abrubtly, suddenly, all of a sudden
呼び捨てる	よびすてる	to use a name without an honorific
突っ込み	つっこみ	penetration, straight man (in comedy)
定番	ていばん	standard (goods), product with consistent rules
	ごく	quite, very
	ごくごく	extremely, highly
親しい	したしい	close
間柄	あいだがら	relation(ship)
親子関係	おやこかんけい	parent-child relationship
人間関係	にんげんかんけい	human relations
モットー	もっとう	motto
生意気	なまいき	impertinent, saucy, cheeky, brazen
付き合う	つきあう	to associate with, to keep company with
役に立つ	やくにたつ	to be helpful, to be useful
不快	ふかい	unpleasant, displeasure, discomfort
傾げる	かたげる	to lean
全く	まったく	absolutely; I don't believe it!
顔立ち	かおだち	looks, features
アップ	あっぷ	close-up (e.g. photo)
注目	ちゅうもく	notice, attention, observation
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気にする	きいする	to care about, to worry about
理解	りかい	understanding, comprehension
眺める	ながめる	to view at, to gaze at
勝手	かって	kitchen, one's own convenience, one's way, selfishness
勝手に	かってに	by itself, to oneself
話しかける	はなしかける	to accost someone, to talk to someone
庇う	かばう	to protect someone, to take under one's wing, to plead for, to stick up for, to cover up for someone
所有物	しょゆうぶつ	property, posession
所有者	しょゆうしゃ	owner
片眉を上げる	かたまゆをあげれ	cock an eyebrow
クスリ	くすり	chuckle
揚げ足	あげあし	find fault
	こめかみ	temple (of the forehead) (literally, "biting rice")
引きつる	ひきつる	to have a cramp, convulsion, twitch
斜め	ななめ	obliqueness, slanting
冷静	れいせい	calm, composure, coolness, serenity
	ぴりぴり	tingle, sting, smart, hot, burning the tongue, becoming tense
果たす	はたす	to accomplish, to fulfill, to carry out, to achieve
抱く	だく	to embrace, to hug, to harbour, to entertain, to sleep with
	ひけらかす	to flaunt, to show off, to make a display of
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内容	ないよう	subject, contents, matter, substance, detail, import
助け	たすけ	assistance
助ける	たすける	to help, to save, to rescue, to give relief to, to spare (life), to reinforce, to promote, to abet
助かる	たすかる	to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to be helpful
助かった	たすかった	lucky!
事態	じたい	situation, present state of affairs, circumstances
求める	もとめる	to seek, to request, to demand, to want, to wish for
直前	ちょくぜん	just before
叫く	わめく	to shout, to clamour
叫ぶ	さけぶ	to shout, to cry
捨て台詞	すてぜりふ	sharp parting remark
探る	さぐる	to search for, to look for, to sound out
勝ち誇る	かちほこる	to triumph, to be elated with success
流暢	りゅうちょう	fluent (language skill), flowing
度肝	どぎも	stun, shock
抜く	ぬく	to extract, to omit, to surpass, to draw out, to unplug
発する	はっする	to fire (a gun), to emit, to give forth
宣言	せんげん	declaration, proclamation, announcement

Conjunction Junction

I continue to miss the nuances of all the different words that help glue multiple sentences together smoothly. Here's a short list for review.

しかし	however, but
すでに	already, too late
すると	thereupon, hereupon, if a then b
そういえば	come to think of it
それから	and then, after that
それでは	in that situation, well then
それでも	but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so, notwithstanding
それとも	or, or else
それに	besides, moreover
それにしても	at any rate, but then, switching gears
それより	instead, other than that
ただ	mere, sole, only, usual, common
たまに	occasionally, once in a while
とにかく	anyway
もしかして	perhaps, possibly

The Dukes of はず

And I continue to confuse some really basic stuff that sensei patiently taught me years ago.

はず	it should be so
わけ	meaning, reason, circumstances, can be deduced, situation
さすが	adept, good, expectations, as one would expect

Stylesheet

Just jotting a few notes to hold consistent throughout the translation.

If a sentence ends with a quoted phrase, place the period inside the closing quote: Also known as "Rosa Chinensis en bouton."

薔薇さま	Rosa	not rosas, not roses
＿薔薇さま	Rosa ＿	not Rosa ＿-sama
黄薔薇は	Yellow Roses	when speaking of an entire rose house, use Yellow/White/Red Roses, not Chinensis house or
薔薇のつぼみ	en bouton	not en Bouton
薔薇の館	Rose Manor	not Rose Mansion, rose manor, Rose manor
	boutons	when plural, do remember the s
妹	petite soeur	not petit soeur, soeur is a feminine noun, so it's petite, not petit
山百合会幹部	Yamayurikai	not Yamayurikai leaders
一年	first-year	not first year, freshmen
三年	third-year	not third year, senior
ーー	—	not ——. Use a single em-dash
王子	prince	not Prince
女学園高等部	Girls' High School	not Academy, not Academy for Women, High School Division
桃組	Momo class	not Peach class
松組	Matsu class	not Pine class
桜組	Sakura class	not Cherry class
シスター	nun	not Sister
姉Ｂ	Sister B	not sister B

Retain all honorifics. They're important, and surely even the beginning Maria-sama fan will pick up on a difference between Yumi-san and Yumi-chan, even if they can't quite say why. Except for Rosa ＿, which for some reason feels redundant.

Use double quotes for actual spoken words and quoted titles like "Stations of the Cross." Use single quotes for other things.

Do something about double-em-dashes and double-ellipses. They don't really transliterate.

『へ』とか『え』とか『あっ』とかが多い

Eh toka Ah toka He toka. Do I really want to translate those as "What" and "Wha?" and "Huh?" Is Yumi really that um, uh, well, uh, slow of speech? Yeah, I guess so.

I'm really tempted to take a pass and change all that "wha?" nonsense into phonetic transliteration. I'm assuming all readers here have already fallen in love with the Lililicious anime fansubs, so they already have Yumi's voice running through their head as they read.

Story 1, Chapter 5

Translation

けりゃ＝ければ＝conditional/if

Yet another contraction. Page 54 解散したけりゃ＝解散したければ＝if you want to break up (the meeting)

なくちゃ＝なければならない=should/must

Page 56 確保しなくちゃ＝確保しなければならない＝must ensure/should ensure

藁しべ長者／Shirabe Chouja

There's an old folktale about a man who parlays a piece of straw into a fortune. I've never read it myself, but it goes something like this: he ties the straw to a fly and uses that to catch something bigger, which he then uses to get something bigger, and so on, up through various farm animals, until he's a rich old man. Certainly a more participatory form of fortune-building than the Rumpelstiltzken story, where somebody else does all the work for the straw/gold conversion.

I guess I'll stick with calling Yumi "Straw", since it's a reasonable transliteration, but calling Sachiko-sama "Rumpelstiltzken" instead of 藁しべ長者 or 長者 doesn't quite fit her role.

One guy on the internet is actually living out the 藁しべ長者 story at oneredpaperclip.com. He started with one red paperclip, and has slowly traded his way up to various things.

いかれる＝行く＋Polite

Page 70 has generation after generation of Rosas growing strong: 代々の薔薇さま方はお強くなっていかれる

Vいたげ＝Vたいみたい

Page 73 has Rosa Gigantea noticing that Yumi appears to want to say something: この子何か言いたげ.

棚からぼた餅。ヒョウタンから独楽。

Mochi from a shelf. A top from a gourd.

You're so lazy that you won't even reach up to the shelf to get the mochi. Instead, you sit there with an open mouth, waiting for the mochi to just fall into your mouth. Connotations of being lazy, lucky, and having a stroke of great fortune after no work on your part.

A top from a gourd has a similar meaning.

I wish I could think of an analogous phrase in English. Pennies from Heaven? Right spot at the right time?

遠慮

遠慮 is used in polite declination of invitations.

しちゃう

しちゃって＝しても

しちゃった＝した

しちゃう is teen girl talk

Page 83 has Yumi wondering if it's okay to answer: 返事しちゃっていいんですか!？

Page 196 has Tsutako-san wondering what in the world is going on with Sachiko-sama: 祥子さま、いったいどうしちゃったんだろう

ーっけ

A sentence ending, similar to よね, confirming or "right?" Page 86 has us confirming that's Tsutako-san for you: 武嶋蔦子さんでしたっけ。

湯気	ゆげ	steam vapor
液体	えきたい	liquid, fluid
七分目	しちふんめ	70%, 7/10ths
分目	ふんめ	-tenths (used as a suffix)
注ぐ	そそぐ	to pour, to irrigate, to pay, to fill, to feed (a fire)
置く	おく	to put, to place
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下げ髪	さげがみ	pigtail, ponytail, hair (hanging down the back)
籠	かご	basket, cage
状	じょう	(suffix) shape
断る	ことわる	to refuse, to inform, to ask leave, to decline, to dismiss
	ぼんやり	absent-minded, blockhead, dim, faint, vague
他	ほか	other (sometimes read た when part of a compound, 他人、他社，他校）
他ならぬ	ほかなるぬ	nothing but, no other than
自身	じしん	by oneself, personally
周囲	しゅうい	surroundings, circumference, environs
乗り遅れる	のりおくれる	to miss (train, bus, etc)
済む	すむ	to finish, to end, to be completed
	とにかく	anyway
落ち着く	おちつく	to settle down, to be steady, to harmonize with
着く	つく	to arrive at, to reach
一同	いちどう	all present, all concerned, all of us
掲げる	かかげる	to publish, to print, to carry (an article); to put up, to hang out
移動	いどう	removal, migration, movement
仮初め	かりそめ	temporariness, transience, trifle, negligence
紹介	しょうかい	introduction
置き去り	おきざり	desertion, leaving behind or in the lurch
	いからせる	to anger someone, to offend someone, to square one's shoulders
真っ先	まっさき	the head, the foremost, beginning
態勢	たいせい	attitude, preparations, conditions
戦闘態勢	せんとうたいせい	prepared for batttle
表現	ひょうげん	expression, phrase
適当	てきとう	fitness, suitability, adequacy, relevance
戦争	せんそう	war
位置	いち	place, situation, position, location
	しかるべき	proper, appropriate, due
組み合う	ぐみあう	to form a partnership or association, to join together, to grapple with
置いてきぼり	おいてきぼり	left behind
	しようがない	it can't be helped
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不手際	ふてぎわ	clumsiness, awkwardness, ineptitude
着席	ちゃくせき	sit down, seat
配る	くばる	to distribue, to deliver
少々	しょうしょう	just a minute, small quantity
板張り	いたばり	boarding, wooden floor
除く	のぞく	to remove, to exclude, to except
一つずつ	ひとつずつ	one at a time, one by one
木枠	???	wooden frame
出窓	でまど	bay window
掛ける	かける	to wear, to put on, to hang, to begin to, to cover
清潔	せいけつ	clean
配置	はいち	arrangement, disposition
楕円	だえん	ellipse
生花	いけばな	ikebana
洋館	ようかん	Western-style house
趣	おもむき	meaning, tenor, gist; effect, influence, appearance, aspect; taste, grace, charm, refinement
用意	ようい	preparation
壁際	かべ�