desperation; despair; self-abandonment
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
very popular; highly favoured
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
one's house; one's home; one's family
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
baumkuchen; spit cake with cross-section resembling tree rings
women's group; women's association
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down