deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
trip abroad; overseas travel
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
way of speaking; intimation
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
preference; priority; precedence
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
cancellation; abandonment
shoji (paper sliding door)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
author; writer; novelist; artist
calming down; quieting down
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
winter vacation; winter holidays
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately