person who has a romantic preference for older men
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
debut work; one's first work
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
private affairs; personal matter
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
passions; sexual desire; lust
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
novel; original; new; innovative
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
being startled; getting a shock
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure