next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
a couple (of lovers, etc.)
articles; supplies; parts
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
fantasy object for masturbation
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
not necessarily so; is not always true
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
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
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
even though; despite; when
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
pessimism; disappointment
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself