alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
university student; college student
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
living room (Western style); sitting room
changing clothes; change of clothes
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
washing machine (laundry)
living by oneself; living alone
minimum; at the very least
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to hang (something) on the wall
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
primary school; elementary school; grade school
beginning; outset; first; onset