the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
myself; yourself; I; me; you
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
foreign; abroad; overseas
to entertain; to make welcome
feeling; sense; impression
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
one more time; once more; once again