to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
to talk the night away; to talk all night
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to relax; to feel at home
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
courteous; decorous; polite
treating someone like a child
nature; property; disposition
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action