union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
but; however; even though; even if
to grow up; to become an adult
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
close-fitting trousers; long underwear
original story; original version; this volume
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
-less; lacking; non-existing
first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
degeneration; retrogression
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
acting ability; talent as a performer
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child