hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
interval; break; pause; spare moment
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
single word; a few words; brief comment
retort; back talk; backchat
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
tool; implement; means; furniture
remaining; left-over; excess
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building