soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to relax; to feel at home
sharing; division; draw; tie
handsome face; beautiful features
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
footwear; footgear; shoes
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
Japan's best; number one in Japan
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
dark (color); concentrated; thick
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
here and there; in places
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
Japanese (school) lunchroom; Japanese (school) cafeteria
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)