pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
those (near the second person)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to go along; to walk along; to follow
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to thrust away; to send flying
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to fall on one's backside
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)