gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
window frame; window sill
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
more and more; increasingly; all the more
shades of evening; dead of night
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
horizontal bar; crosspiece; crossbar; crossrail; rung (of a ladder)
great hurry; great haste; rush
door; gate; opening; title page
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
middle of the night; dead of night
courtesy call; courtesy visit
guidance; leadership; leading the way
husband and wife; married couple
reception hall (in a temple or palace)
sitting opposite each other
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
three; three years of age
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
youthful; young; young-looking
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
person of ability; person of high calibre; talented individual
several years; a few years
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
whatever (the case may be)
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction