yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
sexy; popular; well-liked
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to make an appearance; to show up
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
at that time; in those days
(turned out) all right in the end
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
silence (not speaking); muteness
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
out of character; unlike one
library (usu. single-room); small library
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to look down (on); to condescend (to)