no regrets; without regrets
secret garden; private garden; name for female genitalia
living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
faking crying; crocodile tears
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
level of happiness; degree of happiness
school record; scholastic performance
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
traditional Japanese dance
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
waist; waistline; waist measurement
losing one's virginity; first-time sex
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
environmental maintenance; environmental improvement
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
pleat; pleats; plait; plaits