Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium
oysters cooked in the shell
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(another's) daughter; young lady
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)
metabolic syndrome; overweight
conscious; deliberate; intentional
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth