(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
late at night; small hours of the morning
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
footwear; footgear; shoes
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)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
government office; agency; board
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to relapse; to reassert; to review
preparation; arrangements
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
being concerned about or mindful of
briskly; quickly; promptly
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)