single word; a few words; brief comment
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
suspicious-looking; fishy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
beginning; outset; first; onset
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation