doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
private car; personal car
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
hired car with driver; chauffeur-driven vehicle for hire
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
way of speaking; intimation
joint together; opposite; facing
now that; since; so long as; because
difference; discrepancy; variation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
thicket; coppice; brushwood
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
shoji (paper sliding door)
caller; visitor; company; guest
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out