to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
but; however; provided that
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
stairs; stairway; staircase
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
silence (not speaking); muteness
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
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
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out