feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
overnight stay when traveling (travelling); sleeping on grass in an open field
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
society; the world; the times
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
family; members of a family
grandpa; grampa; grandfather
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to increase; to add to; to augment
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to be needed; to be wanted
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper