office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
office romance; workplace romance; love affair with colleague
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
still better; even better
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass
box-shaped; box-type; boxy
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
bathhouse offering special services (usu. sexual); massage parlour; soapland
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to get tired out; to be exhausted
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to look daggers at someone; to be angry
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
bubble bath; jacuzzi; whirlpool bath
health; type of brothel/massage parlor (parlour)
sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.)
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
upper half of the body; upper body
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
in person; personally; (do) oneself
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
3rd day of the month; three days
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to be away from home; to be out of the house