passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to gather; to collect; to assemble
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to be overcome with emotion
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
to jump upon (a moving object)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
to sink (into); to get depressed
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
discipline; training; teaching manners
starboard (side of a ship)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
clear; distinct; evident; definite
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
setting sail; leaving the shore, dock, etc.