cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
father and mother; parents
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
one by one; one after another; successively
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
combination; union; binding; bond
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
waist; waistline; waist measurement
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing
one end; an end; part; fragment
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with