telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
9th day of the month; nine days
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
evening meal; dinner; supper
doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
ancestor; forefather; foremother
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
scenery; scene; landscape
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
other side; opposite side; other party
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
section; cross section; profile
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there