four-eyed; pattern of four squares
back street; back alley; off-street
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
tenement house; row house
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
secret story; unknown episode
evening meal; supper; dinner
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
even though; despite; when
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
with hands in pockets; idleness
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
so; like this; in this way
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
ornamental ridge-end tile
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
remaining time; days left
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(dead) end; end of the line
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights