handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); suddenly (appearing, coming out, etc.); distractedly; absentmindedly
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to squeeze; to bind; to wring; to screw in (e.g. a bulb)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to dye; to colour; to color
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
Nordic person; Scandinavian; Northern European
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
female pig; sow; fat woman; vulgar woman; slut
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
professional killer; hit man
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
memory; sense; experience
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit