contrived; false-sounding
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
bathing powder; bathwater additive; bath salt
remote mountain; mountain recesses
one-by-one; separately; in detail
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
in swarms; in great crowds
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
and; thereupon; because of that
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
sexual act; sexual intercourse
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance