twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
light; right; right field; right fielder
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
odorless; odourless; unscented
care; precaution; guarding; caution
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
letter; missive; note; mail
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
slight; insignificant; small
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
accumulation; accumulate; store
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
decoration; ornament; trimmings
all you have to do is; just; that's all
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
in proportion to; just as much as
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
manner of using one's hands
expression of love; showing love
last night; yesterday evening
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...