lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
witnessing; observing; sighting
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to grow up; to become an adult
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
the other day; a few days ago
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
such; this sort of; like this
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
close; intimate; on good terms
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine)