method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
business; trade; operations; sales
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to become experienced (after many years of practice)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
people; men and women; each person; everybody
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
phantom; vision; illusion