bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
somehow or other; one way or another; by some means or other
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
vexing; irritating; impatient
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to begin some form of lifestyle
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
all sorts of; all kinds of
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
moving about; stirring about
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
out of character; unlike one
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
disclosure; exposure; revelation
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment