to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
accumulation; accumulate; store
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
good feeling; feeling good
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
interval; break; pause; spare moment
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
the touch of; feel of; texture
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
anything and everything; just about everything
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor