charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
woman; female; feminine gender
ago; since; before; previous
difficult to ...; hard to ...
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
practical question (problem); practical matter
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
passing through without stopping; passing by
older sister and younger brother
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
momentum; amount of exercise
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as