to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
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; style; state; situation
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
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
rather than; more ... than ...
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; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)
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 drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked