to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
hills and fields; hill and dale
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to be conspicuous; to stand out
curl; curly hair; ringlet
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
gem; jewel; precious stone
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
small change; coins; small sum of money
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
every place; various places
intelligence or information network
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
ignorant of the ways of the world
to find out; to discover; to detect
street; quarter; district; area
rat (esp. laboratory or pet)