as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(not) even once; (not) ever
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
only; merely; but; no more than
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to be needed; to be wanted
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to pass (of time); to elapse
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
shoji (paper sliding door)
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back