busy; hurried; confused; flurried
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to have the memory of having done something oneself
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
connection; link; relationship
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
patterns of thinking; train of thought
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
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 stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained