personal; individual; private
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
very much; very many; more and more
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
everything; anything; nothing
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to shake one's head (in denial)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
how long; how far; how much
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
competitive swimming; swimming race
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course