kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
shopping basket; market basket
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
house across the street; neighbor across the street
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
family a woman has married into
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to look after (often medically); to take care of
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to go to the office; to be at work
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
avoiding to commit oneself; (being) noncommittal
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
to tower over the surroundings
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
dispute; argument; contention
rapid-service train; rapid train