impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
while being out of the office or away from home
having no idea; having no clue
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
passage; path; route; one's way
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
school bus (for kindergarten children); kindergarten bus
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
old couple; elderly couple
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to find out; to discover; to locate
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
pregnancy; conception; gestation
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola