to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
kitchen; financial situation
composed expression; clear face
esoteric doctrines; mysteries
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
fluent (in a language); flowing
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
forgetting; lapse of memory
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
to continue to work; to work away (at)
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
emergency case; person that has suddenly taken ill