to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
very; much; greatly; a lot of
possible; likely; probable
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
shady; underhanded; questionable
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
talking while standing; standing around talking
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to make one's rounds; to patrol
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to shake; to sway; to waver
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
each house; every house; many houses
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
tenement house; row house
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
to revere; to respect; to worship
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses