urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
your husband; her husband
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(full) name; family name and given name
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
only; merely; but; no more than
one day; (on) a certain day
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
sitting upright (properly)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
shadow figure; silhouette
shoji (paper sliding door)
to be infected; to be contagious
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...