circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
albino Japanese rat snake
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
look!; there!; here!; that is
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to brandish; to flash; to display
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
heart; guts; nerve; central part
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware