evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
along; parallel to; in accordance with
one end; an end; part; fragment
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
ventilation fan; extractor fan
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
so; like this; in this way
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
space; interval; space character; whitespace
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
silence; stillness; quietness
to get between; to be caught in
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
other than; excluding; without
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
though; notwithstanding; although
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
as; because; with; due to
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank