asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
powdered medicine; powder
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
for a while; for some time; for a period
breathing of a sleeping person
fast asleep; dead to the world
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to get late; to advance; to wear on
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
in comparison to; rather than
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
battle; war; (arch.) weapons and armour; (arch.) arms
show; exhibition; spectacle
agreement; coincidence; congeniality
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
meaning; significance; sense
show tent; circus tent; freak show