wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
fee; charge; rate; material
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
annotation; explanatory note; comment
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
housing district; residential district
right beside; close to; nearby
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
major cleanup; spring cleaning
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
by today; before the day is over
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew