enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
after that; afterwards; thereafter
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
variety show (e.g. on TV)
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
to see through; to see the true nature of something
(baby which is) unhappy unless held
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
that's the way it is; such is life
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age