call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to refuse; to decline; to deny
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
otherwise; if not; or else
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
curiosity; inquisitiveness
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
abandoned building; derelict building
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
mystery; mysteriousness; secret