bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to live; to reside; to inhabit
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
(distant) howling; backbiting
locational advantage; advantageous position
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
(not) merely; (not) simply
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
good performance; good work; great success
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
neat and clean; tidy; trim
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel