first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
writing something on commission; newly written text
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to drop; to lose; to let fall
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
breathily (while talking)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
whenever you want; any time you like
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
electricity; (electric) light
observation; survey; watching
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
anything and everything; just about everything
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
time and time again; many times; a number of times
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
preface; introduction; preamble
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly