first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
with a start; with a jump
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
growth period; growing season
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
palace annex; shrine annex
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
locker room; changing room; dressing room
modular bath; prefabricated bath
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
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.)
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened