time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
keep up your strength; chin up!
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
observation; survey; watching
to relax; to feel at home
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building; indicates denomination
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
club activities; extracurricular activities
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
loading; charging; filling
passing the winter; hibernation
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)