wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow through; to blow across
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
right in the middle (of); midst; height
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
being left out; being ostracized
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
reopening; resumption; restarting
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
tedious; boring; being fed up with
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to lose one's way; to get lost
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
time; hour; season; time of the year
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)