to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to employ; to hire (a servant)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to be needed; to be wanted
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
suppuration; festering; coming to head
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
having a good atmosphere; atmospheric; romantic
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
hotel catering for lovers; hotel that rents rooms by the hour
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
looking for a sexual rather than serious relationship
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
established fact; fait accompli
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)