parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
feigned; pretending (not to know)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
base (military, expedition, etc.)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
Island; insula; island; islet
feeling; sense; impression
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
since then; from that time; ever since
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
together; at the same time; same; identical
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity