to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
to look around; to take a view of
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
excess; surplus; superabundance
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
body; physique; build; stature
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
otherwise; or else; if not
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
discovery; detection; finding
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
to have a talk; to tell a story
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)