bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
falling asleep immediately; going out like a light
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
face with no make-up; sobriety
to pull one's hair back into a bun
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
all; entire; whole; altogether
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
competent; suitable; qualified
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to move (house); to change residence
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
serious; severe; grave; acute
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
interference; intervention; meddling
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain