box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); high way resting place; wholesale rag dealer
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
alone; by oneself; on one's own
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
third day of the month; three days
fourth day of the month; four days
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
breath; breathing; tone; mood
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward