tool; implement; means; furniture
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
if it is the case that ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
here and there; in places
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to cut corners; to be shoddy
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
subordinate work; assistant; servant
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!