the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
is something that; is that which
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
single-storied house; single-storied building
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
hospitalization; hospitalisation
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to throw open; to leave open
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
shoji (paper sliding door)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray