women's bath; women's section in a public bath
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
locker room; changing room; dressing room
while surprised; suddenly
environment; surroundings; circumstances
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
inside one's heart; in one's mind
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
infant; baby; little child
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
to employ; to hire; to engage
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
quantity or volume of water
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal