towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
silence (not speaking); muteness
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
to be tired of looking at
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question