groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
tenement house; row house
to be erected; to be built
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
section; cross section; profile
galvanized sheet iron; galvanised sheet iron
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to be helpful; to be useful
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to be found; to be discovered
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to force open; to push open
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to beat time; to mark time
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential