to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
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)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
(someone else's) daughter
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
hey there; I say; see here
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
genuine; authentic; true; real
item; article; dish; course; finest item
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.