owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
sleepwalker; somnambulist
vineyard; vinery; grape plantation
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
dawn; daybreak; beginning
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
duty; obligation; responsibility
to pay attention (to); to be considerate (of); to be thoughtful (of); to show concern (for); to take care; to be careful
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
to become pale; to turn pale
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
shudder; shiver; agitation
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
Schumann; Schuman; Shooman; Shuman
just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...
old housemaid; old female servant