stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
vacancy; room for rent or lease
room to let; room for rent
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
clumsiness; stupidity; blunder
interval; break; pause; spare moment
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
homosexual prostitute who sold favors at banquets, etc. (late Edo); actor-in-training in kabuki
gap (in a fence or hedge); chink; opening
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
intermission (between acts); interlude
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
married woman's secret lover; paramour; adultery (by a married woman)
(in Japanese architecture) transom
measuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked; measurement
living room (Western style); sitting room
moment; brief space of time
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
reception room; parlor; parlour
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
living room (Japanese-style)
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
spare time; free time; leisure time
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
interval between the waves; gap between waves
between times; when there's a spare moment
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall
occasionally; now and then; sometimes
brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
make one wrong move and...; take one wrong step and...
separate room; special room
intermittently; at intervals (of); after a pause
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm); Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm)
(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time
break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow
brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse); quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act; just a short moment; a little while
bay (space or distance between two pillars)
playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; (lit.) relaxing while the demon is out
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
furrow; room with ridged roof
space between plants; intrarow spacing; space between roots
distance between two points; distance between opposite supports of arch, bridge; span
great and splendid land (Yamato word); excellent location; splendid place
break in the rain; letup in the rain
room with a sunken hearth
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
Nagoya-size tatami mat (approx. 182 cm by 91 cm)
tatami mat size used in apartment complexes (170 cm by 85 cm)