lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
side table; bedside table
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
only; merely; but; no more than
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos); Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
damp; moist (negative nuance)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
late at night; at a late hour
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents