scenery; scene; landscape
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
town-watches from the Edo period
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
alert status; emergency alert
equilibrium; good balance; poise
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to accumulate years of experience; to become proficient
strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle
the first and second; a few
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
freely; frankly; without reserve
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
way; course; the only way
playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person
coming and going; commuting
to become an expert; to be master at