vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
while; during; while; although; all; both
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
negative emotions; negative feelings
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
scene; spectacle; sight; view
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should