proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
partly open; in half bloom
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to relax; to feel at home
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
completely naked; in one's birthday suit
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
silence (not speaking); muteness
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
unexpected meeting; coincidence
largest class; top category
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly