retention; maintenance; preservation
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
decently; gracefully; plausibly; politely; tactfully; discreetly
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
cost of a meal (or meals)
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
common use; communal use; sharing
shower stall; shower cubicle; shower room
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
bathing (swimming) in cold water
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
site visit (auditors, public accountants, etc.)
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to spread one's legs; to agree to have sex (for a woman)
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up