comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
all present; all concerned; all of us
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to say; to be pleased to say
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
originally; by nature; from the start
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
sore; inflammation; ulceration
prevention; precaution; protection against
to go out and away; to leave
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to not believe one's ears
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with