late at night; small hours of the morning
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to become pale; to turn pale
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
our country; our land; one's own country
information bureau; intelligence department
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
site; point on a map; spot
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
correlation; interrelation
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
reinforcement; strengthening
last week; the week before
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
speech; expression; wording; language