short break; breather; brief recess; rest
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
(how) many times; (how) often
to arrive home; to return
eighth day of the month; eight days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to run out (e.g. of the room)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
inner citadel; core; center; centre
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)