narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
back street; back alley; slums
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
tenement house; row house
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
kitchen; financial situation
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
well digging; well digger
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
quick bath; quick shower; quick dip (e.g. in the sea)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
close; intimate; on good terms
older brother and younger sister
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki