fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to shake; to sway; to waver
to chase; to run after; to pursue
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
apparently; appears to be
woman; female; feminine gender
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
tall figure; high stature
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
this is why; this means; it is the case that
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
accurate; correct; precise; exact