to be sooty; to be stained
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
shoji (paper sliding door)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
be (that) as it may; having said that
thus; in this way; like this
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
way; path; route; along the way; along the road
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
tenement house; row house
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
one edge; one end; one side
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
7th day of the month; seven days
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
both (people); the two of them
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
small; little; fine; (arch.) fine pattern
hand net; dip net; scoop net
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt