personification; impersonation; embodiment
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to increase; to add to; to augment
to animate; to liven up; to cheer up
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
whole face; all over one's face
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
dealing with; coping with
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
high and low (social standing)
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
comparatively high; fairly expensive
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)