to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
criticism; critique; review; commentary
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to eat too much; to overeat
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to ruin oneself; to degrade oneself
dormitory; dorm; residence hall; multi-bed room shared with unrelated travelers (e.g. in inexpensive guesthouse)
interminable; unending; endless; boundless
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
customary practice; habit; traditional event
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
coherence; order; focus; point
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
missing someone; loathing to part
clarification; definition
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to give up smoking; to stop smoking
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into