wintertime; winter season
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
in that way; like that; that way
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
fixed fitting (esp. window)
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
interception (email); wiretap; bug
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
Mister Donut (fast food franchise) (abbr.)
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing