collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
origin; beginning; source; rise
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
air-permeability; breathability
summertime; summer season
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
real life; actual life; everyday life
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
sleeping comfort or snugness
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
perfect obsession; personal fixation; addiction to (something matching one's tastes)
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
sleeping together in a huddle
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to take off one's clothes; to undress
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
cartoon-character costume
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful