private; personal life; (one's) privacy
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
reason for being; raison d'être
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to lose one's way; to get lost
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to sink (into); to get depressed
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
largest class; top category
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
reward; honorarium; remuneration
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard