women's bath; women's section in a public bath
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
considering something taboo; treating something as taboo
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to jump at; to be attracted by
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
up until now; as recently as the present
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
nationalism; extreme patriotism
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly