before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
fields (of rice and other crops)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to look around; to take a view of
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic