minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
putting out the light; switching off the light
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
near-miss; just missing (each other)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
particularly; only; in the case of
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
opening fully; full throttle; full power
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply