road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
chatter; prattle; lapping (up); slurping; sound of juicy food being bitten into
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
other side; opposite side; other party
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to push (something) against
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to be needed; to be wanted
in the end; at the end of the day
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with