water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
that day; the very same day
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
on the occasion of; at the time of
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to rain incessantly; to downpour
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
just one person; only one
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to search for; to seek for; to look for
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle