to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
station; office; guardroom
field overseer; site foreman
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
superintendent; supervisor; warden
negotiations; discussions; connection
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment