sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
passage; path; route; one's way
leather shoes; leather boots
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
is something that; is that which
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to ask a question; to ask questions
to concern; to be related
something like ...; something called ...
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
providing information; provision of information; information provision
to take a breath; to take a short rest