(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
because of; owing to; due to
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
while; during; while; although; all; both
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
how many years; how long; what year
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
now; the present time; just now; another; more
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
rental apartment; block of rented apartments
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
reality; actuality; hard fact
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit