shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
surely; certainly; without doubt
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
frantic dash; rushing at full speed
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)