direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
light brown; golden brown; tan
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
corridor; hallway; passageway
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
open; spacious; extensive
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
nothing but; none other than
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
stairs; stairway; staircase
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
syllabary; phonetic symbol
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising