inspection; examination; survey
to have a meal; to take a meal
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to say; to be called; to do
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to press against each other; to huddle together
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to indicate; to show; to point to
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
single-storied house; single-storied building
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
(written) explanation; explanatory label (e.g. in a museum); information sign (e.g. at a tourist spot); instructions (e.g. for a product)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal