flea powder; flea medicine; flea medication; getting rid of fleas; killing fleas
contrived; false-sounding
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
water breaking (during pregnancy)
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
baumkuchen; spit cake with cross-section resembling tree rings
become dry and rough (e.g. skin)
domestic help; domestic helper; domestic servant; maid
seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
postpartum; after childbirth
women's college; women's university
bathing powder; bathwater additive; bath salt
remote mountain; mountain recesses
one-by-one; separately; in detail
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
all-night vigil over a body; wake
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
please be careful; please take care
in swarms; in great crowds