long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to approach; to draw near
to stop walking; to pause
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
handrail; railing; banister
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
cartoon-character costume
to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
considerably; greatly; a lot
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally