white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
mechanism; organization; organisation
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to come and go; to go back and forth
well known; well connected
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
family; relatives; dependents; household
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
the other day; lately; recently