time; hour; season; time of the year
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
bedridden; confined to bed
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
no, not like that (but like this)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
memory; sense; experience
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
speculation; thinking; meditation
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification