delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
(another's) daughter; young lady
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
by means of; due to; because of; according to
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
natural calamity; disaster
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
every year; yearly; annually
is something that; is that which
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
each place; various places
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself