low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
control; management; supervision
to employ; to hire; to charter
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
to find useful; to think highly of
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
numerator; molecule; member; element
gloss; explanatory notes; annotation
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to become dim; to become blurred
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
established (certain) fact
state of mind; mentality; psychology
explanation; interpretation
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
person concerned; interested party; related party
when it becomes; when it comes to
near; close; beside; third person