comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
active; dynamic; behavioural
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
husband and wife; married couple
on countless occasions; many a time
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
firm; strong; solid; stable
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
should do; ought to do; must do
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
making money; making a profit
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
factory; plant; mill; workshop
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
to rise; to erect; to get up
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)