bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
first third of a two-hour period
third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
old body; aged person; elderly person
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
three; three years of age
silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
solidification; congelation; coagulation; condensation
feeling; sense; impression
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
hoarse voice; husky voice
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
because of; owing to; due to
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
intuition; instinct; hunch
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance