tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
pastel color; pastel colour
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
interior design; interior; upholstery
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
while; during (the time when)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
body; physical system; (the) person
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
good feeling; feeling good
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
string bikini; g-string; thong
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
such a thing; something like that
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
directly opposite; right in front
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
meal set before one; women's advances
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least