to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
common people; ordinary people; masses
bathing (swimming) in cold water
(not) even once; (not) ever
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
northeastern part; the northeast
river; stream; River; the ... river
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
until now; so far; up to the present
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
reform; reformation; reorganization
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene