night owl; nighthawk; late bird; to stay up late; to keep late hours
nothing but; none other than
author; writer; novelist; artist
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
diurnality; daytime activity; diurnal
one day; (on) a certain day
main text; original text; this book; this volume
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
it's been a long time; long time no see
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)
student (esp. a university student)
government office; public office
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
something like ...; something called ...
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
novel; story; (work of) fiction
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
bashful; shameful; ashamed
there; over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai