porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
occasional; infrequent; rare
secret or hidden place; female genitalia; the underworld; the other world
with a start; with a jump
finger-banging (manual stimulation of female genital organs); fingering
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent