lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
it's been a long time; long time no see
this family; we; this house
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
greeting; a fine thing to say
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
pair; the two; both persons; both things
recommendation; referral; endorsement
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
one's whole life; one's lifetime
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable