hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
engineering firm; contractor
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sea of blood; pool of blood
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
absence; disregard; indifference
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
grasp; catch; understanding
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
root; joint; base; crotch
is something that; is that which
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
picking; collecting; harvesting
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)