backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
front entrance; front door
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
front; frontage; facade; main
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to be sooty; to be stained
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to jar; to creak; to grate
handrail; railing; banister
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
adviser; advisor; consultant
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
chair; stool; post; office; position
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
several people; a few people
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support