marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
bill (at a restaurant); check
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
uselessly; pointlessly; in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; idly
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
repentance; confession; penitence
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
inundation; submersion; flood
live action (as opposed to animation); photograph (of a real scene, event, etc.); real image; depiction of a real scene (in writing or a picture); description
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
play-biting (e.g. by pets); mouthing; nipping
enlargement of the prostate
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
foolishness; silliness; stupid conduct; idiotic behavior
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
nothing but; except; no more than
of course; certainly; indeed
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
(gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
recovery; rescue; recapture
cattleya (type of orchid)