canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
sunlight; rays of the Sun
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to rain incessantly; to downpour
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
sunlight filtering through trees
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
going to and fro; back and forth
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
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
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances