reality; actuality; hard fact
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
progress; advance; improvement; development
process; course; mechanism
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
last night; yesterday evening
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
while; during (the time when)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
coating of snow; blanket of snow
difficult to ...; hard to ...
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
way one walks; one's walk
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
falling plump; falling down flat