certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to make merry; to be festive
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
change; alteration; modification
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
blending of Japanese and Western styles
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
dessert (esp. in Italian cuisine); sweets; cake; dolce; (to be performed) gently and sweetly
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
manuring; fertilization; fertilisation
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
matter causing distress; something causing worry
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
with each person; with everyone
individual differences; personal equation
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around