wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
quiet; still; surreptitious
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
it's not like; it isn't as if
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
personal effects or belongings
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
to force one's way; to push through
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
fee charged at a public bath
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated
shore; bank (of a body of water)