cultivation; refinement; culture; education
expression of love; showing love
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
very loud volume; megavolume
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very