bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
perfect; complete; flawless
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
third day of the month; three days
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
to do together; to share; to participate in
de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
custom; habit; customary practice
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
memory; sense; experience
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
sanity; consciousness; soberness
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
and yet; though; when; in spite of
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch