to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
in deep black; in jet black
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
mysterious thief; phantom thief
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
this family; we; this house
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
ronin; masterless samurai
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
appearance; air; condition; state; form
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
accident; emergency; calamity
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
round meat; meat from a pig's thigh (from which ham is made)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants