scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to flare up; to burst into flames
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
sake for moon viewing parties
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink