tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
trembling from fear; trembling all over
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
along the river; riverside
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
retreating figure; appearance from behind