regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
one's house; one's home; one's family
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to become pale; to turn pale
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
sleeved quilt; futon with sleeves; cotton padded nightwear
this sort of; this type of
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
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
cold; chilly; unconcerned; indifferent
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
weather; fair weather; fine weather
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
shade; shadow; sunshine; sunlight
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
when looked at in that way