at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
how; how much; to what extent; no matter how (much); however
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
(of) straightforward honesty; steadfastly honest
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
innocent; blameless; guiltless
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
common people; ordinary people; masses
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
trembling from fear; trembling all over
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend