to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
a glance; a look; a glimpse
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
drama; play; powerful drug
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
one room apartment; studio apartment
furnishings; implements; equipment
staying the night; lodging (at)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
without eating or drinking
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence
otherwise; or else; if not
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
death from prostration; death from emaciation
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
mental; spiritual; emotional