to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
trouble; distress; sorrow
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
bedside; near one's pillow
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
to sit down; to take a seat
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
report; notification; registration
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
infancy; childhood; tender age
house where one was born; one's parents' house
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
body and soul; mind and body