flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
wet nurse; nursing mother
charming; fascinating; beautiful; elegant; graceful; sweet
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
soon; shortly; before long; in a moment
wet nurse; nursing mother
woman; lady; adult female
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
flowers and trees; flowering trees
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous
hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
supple; pliant; slender; delicate; lithe; lissome
hair tied behind and hanging down; long flowing hair
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
called; known as; that; to say
practice; practising; training; study
to grow; to develop; to grow up
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
the other night; a few nights ago
particularly; only; in the case of
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos); Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord