side door; side gate; wicket gate
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
retainer; vassal; servant
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
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.)
one thin flat object; one sheet
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
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)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
feigned voice; unnatural voice
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
cruelty; hard-heartedness
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
enough is enough; no further!
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
ration; stipend; allowance