bathing; going in the bath
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
retainer; vassal; servant
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
modesty; self-control; discretion
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to push back; to press back; to force back
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
upper half of the body; upper body
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
supply; provision; service; supply
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to die by drowning; to drown
in proportion to; just as much as
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess