each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
police; police officer; police station
to be too numerous; to be too much
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to leave to one's imagination
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
again (and again); once again; yet again
civilized nation; civilised nation
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial