light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
antiquity; the previous era
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to get warm; to become warm
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort