to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
overall; general; as a whole
bright person; talented student; prodigy
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to do over and over again; to have sex repeatedly
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
contraception; birth control
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
to ask; to enquire; to query
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
this sort of; this type of
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
nothing but; none other than
without; but if; otherwise; or else
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
how many nights; some nights; several nights; a number of nights
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
control; check; restraint; inhibition