clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
perpetual night; continuing all night
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryō system)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
going around; patrol; round; tour
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
day room (e.g. on a liner); lounge; social hall
function; facility; faculty; feature
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
this fleeting world; this transient life; one's current body; one's mortal shell; (arch.) cast-off cicada shell; (arch.) cast-off husk
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to be glossy; to glisten; to shine with a luster; to look alluring; to be sexy; to be seductive