cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
hairline; borders of the hair
to be splendid; to be superb
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
child geisha; geisha apprentice
precocity; early ripening; premature development
health; healthy; sound; fit
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
perfectly round; perfectly circular
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
mountain hamlet; mountain village
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
such; like that; that sort of; very
incident; affair; happening; event
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
and yet; though; when; in spite of
just because; even if; even though
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
January; first month of the lunar calendar
(not) even once; (not) ever
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
for example; for instance; e.g.
being on duty; person on duty
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly