porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
succession; continuation; series; sequence
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
late at night; small hours of the morning
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to erase all trace of something
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
acoustic material; acoustic absorbent material
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
whispering into a person's ear
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
to strike dead; to beat to death
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
memories; recollections; reminiscence
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable