idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
rather; better; instead; if anything
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
corridor; hallway; passageway
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to repeat; to do something over again
middle of the night; dead of night
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
festival; feast; carnival
to feel; to sense; to experience
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
sickroom; hospital room; ward
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
how; in what way; how about
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to say no more; to sink into silence