middle of the night; dead of night
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
dry riverbed; river beach
thicket; coppice; brushwood
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
degenerate; pervert; deviant
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to push aside; to push one's way through
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to have a rumor circulating
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
sexual act; sexual intercourse
that's the way it is; such is life
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
passions; sexual desire; lust
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon