banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
wooden house; woodframe house
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
older sister; elder sister
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
powerful person; influential person
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
(not) even once; (not) ever
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
hidden room; secret chamber
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to choose; to select; to pick (out)