before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
self-consciousness; self-awareness
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
serious; severe; grave; acute
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
castella (type of sponge cake)
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to be needed; to be wanted
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
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
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down