retreating figure; appearance from behind
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
creak; squeak; creaking sound
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
one's house; one's home; one's family
(made of) stone; stone-built
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
here and there; in places
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
as you see; as you can see
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
(another's) daughter; young lady