whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look around; to survey
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
one parent; single parent
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
instant; moment; for an instant
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
flour; meal; powder; dust
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal