loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
companion; company; tritagonist
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
registration; accession; register; entry; record
(construction of an) argument
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
day of the Rooster; day of the Cock
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
Moulin Rouge (Paris); Moulin Rouge! (film)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
coming and going; commuting
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
company; corporation; workplace
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
going to and fro; back and forth
(how) many times; (how) often