damp; moist (negative nuance)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
knowing; (an) acquaintance
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to watch steadily; to stare
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires