camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
moron; idiot; stupid person
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
what is called; what they call; so-called
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
sensual love; love affair
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
remembrance; recollection; recognition
near; close; beside; third person
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
white dragon tile; shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to be superstitious; to believe in omens