calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
door; gate; opening; title page
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
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)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
watering hole; watering place
chair; stool; post; office; position
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
along; parallel to; in accordance with
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
stairs; stairway; staircase
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)