side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to choose as one's capital; to have as one's capital
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to keep (a person) waiting
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to flare up; to burst into flames
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
resentment; indignation; anger
suddenly; all of a sudden
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone