of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
episode; anecdote; vignette
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to wash away; to rinse off
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair
disheveled hair; unravelled hair
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts