how many months?; how long?
security for a loan; collateral
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
belief; faith; conviction
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
elopement; running away with a lover
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
section; cross section; profile
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
one of these days; someday; one day
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
sham marriage; fake marriage
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
male instincts; male frivolity
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to overdo; to do too much
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
helping hand; help; support; aid
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
immense sum (of money); ten thousand yen
to soak into; to permeate