peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
one's figure during sleep
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
literary world; literary circles
author; writer; novelist; artist
Arishima Takeo (1878-1923)
temporary (paper) binding
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby