bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
human relations; personal relationships
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
such; like that; that sort of; very
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to shut in; to confine; to contain
calamity; disaster; accident
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to get one's head around; to think about
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
infant; baby; little child
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how