eardrum; tympanic membrane
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
shadow figure; silhouette
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to be infected; to be contagious
while; during (the time when)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
woman's appearance; woman's behaviour; someone dressed as a woman
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to finish ...; to do ... completely
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
again; once more; a second time
returning to the service of one's master
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
surely (not); certainly (not)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
change; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement; proxy
middle of the night; dead of night