at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
silence; stillness; quietness
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to get late; to advance; to wear on
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to collapse; to flop (onto)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
fast asleep; dead to the world
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
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
light and darkness; light and shade
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to peer into the darkness
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy