convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
person who avoids others; social outcast
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
low tone; bass; low voice
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
quarrel; dispute; argument
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
body; physique; build; stature
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
tail (animal); tail end; tip
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
district; section; sector
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
snake; serpent; large snake
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
metre; meter; meter; gauge