pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
slightly early; just before
to fail; to screw up; to stuff up
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to put into the mouth; to eat
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
store interior; inside of a shop
long ago; a long time ago; already
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
missing person; wanted person
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
plaster or mortar-covered wall
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
ice cream soda; icecream soda
chit; sales slip; voucher
only recently; just of late
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
everybody; every last one of them; all
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable