by means of; due to; because of; according to
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
cooperation; collaboration
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
alone; by oneself; on one's own
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
philandering; itch for women
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
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
boy; son; baby boy; young man
future (usually near); prospects
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand