illegal; illicit; unlawful
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
inside; interior; inner part
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
out of sight; out of eyeshot
to strip and leave clothes lying around
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
technical book; specialized book; treatise
materials; data; document
very much; exceedingly; extremely
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
lack of individuality or personality
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to pick up; to find; to gather
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided