a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
body and soul; mind and body
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
to cover one's private parts
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
thickly (filled with smoke or steam)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed
to take a breath; to take a short rest
reopening; resumption; restarting
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...