to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
branch office; agency; sub-branch
subordinates; petty officials
bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
every evening; night after night
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
warp; curvature; curve; arch
beginning; commencement; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
absence; disregard; indifference
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to delight; to give pleasure
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)