guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
thin man with well-defined musculature
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
cold bath; taking a cold bath
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
to correct oneself; to restate
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
festival merrymaking; revelry
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
hostility; animosity; enmity