locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
neighbouring house; neighboring house
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
family a woman has married into
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to telephone; to make a phone call
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform); passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to be conspicuous; to stand out
clanging; empty; deserted
drinking bout; merrymaking
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
drunkenness; intoxication
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
treatment as a guest; guest