heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
toddling; taking tottering steps
emaciation; gauntness; haggardness
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
respectable; ordinary; normal
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
ama; female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.
measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
nesting hole; burrow; den
person obsessed with thoughts of sex; being obsessed with love or lust
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
rouge and powder; cosmetics
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
prompt answer; immediate reply; direct answer; personal response; answering in person
Tereza; Thereza; Teresa; Theresa
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
future affairs; affairs after one's death
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to threaten; to make threats
garden pond; miniature lake; fountain
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)