one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
reason; significance; cause
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
difference; discrepancy; variation
timewise; temporal; chronal
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
woman; female; feminine gender
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
society; the world; the times
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
adds force or indicates command
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
waxing and waning; phases of moon
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the first and second; a few