obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
leaving a matter to chance
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
error; mistake; slip; bug
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
than; other than; except; but
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
impression given by a painting or image
directly opposite; right in front
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
armchair theory; impracticable theory
either way; in any case; one way or another
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob
right (to do something); authority; power
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
dirty work; unpleasant task
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
bunch of flowers; bouquet
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to pull one's hair back into a bun