silence; stillness; quietness
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
chapter one; first chapter
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
... years old; age (of) ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
staying at home all day (without employment); (lit.) guarding one's home
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners