comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
letter; missive; note; mail
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
the touch of; feel of; texture
sleeping comfort or snugness
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
follower; attendant; valet; servant