tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to glare at each other; to confront each other
corridor; hallway; passageway
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
innumerable; countless; numberless
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
furnishings; implements; equipment
clear; precise; definite; distinct
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to arrange (flowers); to plant
to complain; to lodge a complaint
practical; realistic; pragmatic
preference; priority; precedence
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
human; human-like; as a person
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life