pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
around the world; throughout the world
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation