toddling; taking tottering steps
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
corridor; hallway; passageway
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
one's post; place of work; workplace
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
older sister; elder sister
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
introspection; view from the inside; interior appearance; implication
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)