to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
summer vacation; summer holiday
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
outline; summary; argument
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
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)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to shake off; to throw off
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
commuting to school; school commute
pupil; student; schoolchild
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent