surface of the earth; ground surface
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
throughput; processing power
impression given by a painting or image
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
other than; excluding; without
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
sexual act; sexual intercourse
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
indicate reason; infers some protest
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
direct connection; direct link
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
sexual feeling; carnal desire; physical feeling
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
romantic; spicy; coquettish
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
at a moment's notice; readily
for work; in a manner related to work
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with