change; alteration; modification
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
blending of Japanese and Western styles
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
dessert (esp. in Italian cuisine); sweets; cake; dolce; (to be performed) gently and sweetly
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
manuring; fertilization; fertilisation
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
matter causing distress; something causing worry
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
with each person; with everyone
individual differences; personal equation
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
calamity; misfortune; disaster