constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
after that; afterwards; thereafter
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
chilly feeling after a bath
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
enlightenment; illumination
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
that is to say; so that means
in that manner; like that
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
while alive; during one's lifetime
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
that; the matter in question
to add (to); to add on; to append
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
life in a dormitory; dormitory life