clothes; clothing; garments
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
time; hour; period; class
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
convenient; handy; useful
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
older sister; elder sister
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
indicate reason; infers some protest
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
still; even now; to this day