to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
chair; stool; post; office; position
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
next; secondly; subsequently
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
feel (of a material); texture
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down