to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to bring back; to restore
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
lined curtain; opaque curtain
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
attendance; participation; presence
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
"awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)
vernal equinox; spring equinox
pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)
"grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
"grain full" solar term (approx. May 21)
"grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains)
"minor heat" solar term (approx. July 7)
blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
"limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down)
glistening dew; "white dew" solar term (approx. September 8)
autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox
late-autumn or early-winter dew; "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8)
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
first day of winter (approx. November 8)