folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to go through several printings; to run into several editions
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
difficult to ...; hard to ...
sense of duty (obligation)
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
gradually; slowly but steadily
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
thoughtful; deep-thinking
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
such ... as; or some such
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize