alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
one-year-old; one year old
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
hardworking; painstaking; diligent; conscientious; sincere
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
corrugated iron; corrugated sheet metal; galvanised sheet iron
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
older sister; elder sister
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(smelling) strongly; pungently; reeking; angrily; sulkily; in a huff
visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.