baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
to fold up; to fold into layers
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
almost; roughly; approximately
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
confections; sweets; candy; cake
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
to yield to temptation; to succumb
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
study; diligence; discount; reduction
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
round; spherical; circular
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
in the morning; during the morning
video game (played on a home console)
considerably; fairly; quite
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with