to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
yearned for; longed for; missed
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
washing machine (laundry)
undressing; taking off one's clothes
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to take off one's clothes; to undress
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
ground glass; frosted glass
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy