occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to keep a house; to run a household
wife and children; (arch.) wife
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
natural environment; (the) environment
foreign enemy; outside invader
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
nape (of the neck); nucha
waist; waistline; waist measurement
hips; buttocks; backside; hip; trendy; cool
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period