dilapidated house; deserted house
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
lightly; easily; carelessly
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to wash away; to rinse off
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
reading aloud; recitation
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
simple and clear; plain and simple
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely