tool; implement; means; furniture
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
two-dimensional complex; people more interested in two-dimensional (i.e. anime or manga) girls than real people
foreign; abroad; overseas
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
close; intimate; on good terms
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
society; the world; the times
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron