subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
preparations for returning (home)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
distinction; discrimination
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
deep affection; dear; beloved
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
unique; peculiar; singular
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to spend a night together
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
to offer a (monetary) prize
1,000,000; one million; million; many
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
very much; exceedingly; extremely