artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
reason; cause; circumstances
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
corridor; hallway; passageway
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to be found; to be discovered
hayfield; field of miscanthus
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
myself; yourself; I; me; you
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
please; somehow or other; one way or another
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)