boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
at a stroke; with a single swoop
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
comparatively; relatively
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
that's true; of course; obviously
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
compassionate; sympathetic
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to go along; to walk along; to follow
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for