favourite book; favorite book
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
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.)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
novel; original; new; innovative
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
something like ...; something called ...
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
deceased; late; dead; departed
memories; recollections; reminiscence
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit