master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
again; once more; a second time
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
rising; ascending; climbing
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly