washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
osotogari (judo); major outer reap; major sweeping leg throw
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
great person; eminent figure
quotation; citation; reference
at least; at most; (even) just
to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to throw open; to leave open
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
summer cold (illness); summer flu
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany