instead; but (on the other hand)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to feel; to sense; to experience
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
ago; since; before; previous
in comparison to; rather than
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
discovery; detection; finding
really; truly; indeed; good grief
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency