to relax; to feel at home
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
together; mutually; fellow
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
wedded life; married life
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
household; home; family; housekeeping
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to lie down; to throw oneself down
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
sorry to trouble you, but ...
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to summon; to get used to call
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with