ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
for today; for the time being
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
script; libretto; scenario
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to feel oneself indebted to
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
comparatively; relatively
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
sense of values; values; value system
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
to have meaning; to be meaningful
considerably; greatly; a lot
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy