to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
the very start; the very beginning
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
newly washed hair; wet hair
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
neglecting; leaving alone
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
(arch.) to rub into; to train for; to prepare for
splish-splash; with a splash
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
contest; comparison; competition
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
as if it weren't already enough
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
sphincter; sphincter muscle; constrictor
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles
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
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage