unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
to be erected; to be built
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
study; library; den; home office; reading room
master; teacher; stable master
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
neighbourhood; neighborhood
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to cease; to stop; to be over
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40