companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
living room (Western style); sitting room
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
interval; break; pause; spare moment
banquet or reception hall
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to pause; to have a short intermission
moment; brief space of time
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
reception room; parlor; parlour
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
cleavage (between breasts)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
living room (Japanese-style)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
being left out; being ostracized
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
spare time; free time; leisure time
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
intermission (between acts); interlude
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to be detained; to take time
interval between the waves; gap between waves
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to go wrong; to turn for the worse
married woman's secret lover; paramour; adultery (by a married woman)
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
between times; when there's a spare moment
not long has passed since ...
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
without sparing time for sleep
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
(in Japanese architecture) transom
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt
partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
occasionally; now and then; sometimes
room to let; room for rent
haberdashery; sundries store
to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
at long distance; in long intervals
to make something be done in time
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
business partner; business associate; fellow trader
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
closely; compactly; leaving no space
intermittently; at intervals (of); after a pause
to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing
if things go wrong; if the worst happens
two adjoining rooms (connected by a sliding door)
gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities
make one wrong move and...; take one wrong step and...
loophole; crenel; crenelle; arrow-slit
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
separate room; special room
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami
measuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked; measurement
to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)
incessantly; without a pause
sailing windward; land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns)
to already have enough; to already have what one needs; to be on time
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)
a married woman's paramour; lover
rented room; renting a room
does not pay; not worth (one's) while
(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow
upper parterre (e.g. in a kabuki theatre)
brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse); quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act; just a short moment; a little while
day off (between working days); 50th, 53rd, 55th or 59th day of the sexagenary cycle; non-fever day (when running an intermittent fever, e.g. malaria)
bay (space or distance between two pillars)
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
living room-cum-dining room
vacancy; room for rent or lease
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm); Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm)
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
curtailed transit schedule
misjudgement; misjudgment; mistake in vision
quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves (themselves)
living room and bedroom; bed-sitter
playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; (lit.) relaxing while the demon is out
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
doing twice the work; duplication of work
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job; piecework
Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)
space between plants; intrarow spacing; space between roots
furrow; room with ridged roof
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
slow; dull; stupid; sluggish; lazy; tedious
being popular among one's companions
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
chopping finely; slicing up finely; something chopped up finely
mutual admiration; logrolling
distance between two points; distance between opposite supports of arch, bridge; span
vegetable thinnings (for salad)
group (gang) of naughty (mischievous) boys
bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
clumsiness; stupidity; blunder
pieces of meat (often sold in a pack); shaved meat
legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel; Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys); Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken
compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait
homosexual prostitute who sold favors at banquets, etc. (late Edo); actor-in-training in kabuki
gap (in a fence or hedge); chink; opening
clearly; unmistakably; certainly; without a doubt
reef knot; flat knot; square knot
while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock
to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)
two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two
Nagoya-size tatami mat (approx. 182 cm by 91 cm)
break in the rain; letup in the rain
tatami mat size used in apartment complexes (170 cm by 85 cm)
cutting guide board for noodles
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
room with a sunken hearth
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
great and splendid land (Yamato word); excellent location; splendid place
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
chicken and scallion skewer
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
to fluster; to abash; to befuddle
Kerama deer; Ryukyu sika (Cervus nippon keramae)
evening brown butterfly (Melanitis leda); common evening brown