dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
type of occupation; occupational category
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
account book; ledger; register
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to push aside; to push one's way through
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
position; job; employment; opening
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
succession; continuation; series; sequence
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly