before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
each house; every house; many houses
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
edge of the eaves; house frontage
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
white (complexion); fair-skinned
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
damp; moist (negative nuance)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
inside; interior; inner part
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to shave off; to scrape off
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
turning sideways; landscape orientation
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to grow hoarse; to become husky
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words