bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
attractive body; nice-looking body
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
lower half of the body; nether parts
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
there is nothing; having nothing
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
erection when waking in the morning; nocturnal penile tumescence; morning glory; morning wood
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to blow through; to blow across
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
novel; story; (work of) fiction
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to say; to be pleased to say
cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)