stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
how; in what way; by what means
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
how many years; how long; what year
the Building Standards Act
to go along; to walk along; to follow
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
fair and square; open and aboveboard
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
to save; to leave over; to spare
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
perfect; complete; flawless
trauma (usu. psychological)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away