weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
special; particular; peculiar; unique
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
sailor suit; middy uniform
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
senior high school; high school
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to badger; to pester; to beg
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to have training bouts with one's junior during practice (of a senior wrestler)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort