alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
every place; various places
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
infancy; childhood; tender age
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
holding two or more positions concurrently
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
emergency light; emergency lamp
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to rank with; to rank among
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
heir; inheritor; successor
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to support each other; to support one another
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction