privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to this extent; to this degree; this much
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
way (of doing); manner; method; means
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
how long; how far; how much
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.); sharing a seat; sharing a chair
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
refreshment; refreshing oneself; refreshing one's spirit; (memory) refresh
nothing but; except; no more than
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated
bathroom with a large bath (in a hotel, hot spring resort, etc.)
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)