fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
in the morning; during the morning
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
preparation; arrangements
effect; result; worth; use; avail
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
double suicide; lovers' suicide
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
together with; same; both; all; including ...
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
spirit; heart; disposition