girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
sudden impulse; passing fancy
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
first night; first watch of the night; bridal night
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
Graves' disease; Basedow's disease; exophthalmic goiter; toxic diffuse goiter
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to show; to bare (the teeth)
lymphoid tissue; lymphatic tissue
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to be detained; to take time
psychiatry; psychiatric department
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
the way back; the way home; return trip
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
all over Japan; throughout Japan
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently