dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
body and soul; mind and body
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
right beside; close to; nearby
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
crude; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated; vulgar
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding