to live; to reside; to inhabit
attached or belonging to a house
wet nurse; nursing mother
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
that year; same year; same age
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
ignorant of the ways of the world
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
gooseberry; currant; plants from the Ribes genus
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to be smeared; to be covered
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
rather; better; instead; if anything
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
main cause; primary factor
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
index finger; forefinger; second toe
price; cost; value; worth; value
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
fecundity; having many children; abundant production
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
intimacy; affection; familiarity