hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
one by one; one each; one at a time
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
continuation; succession; series; continuous
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
during; for the duration of
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to keep away; to keep at a distance
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
recommendation; endorsement
particularly; only; in the case of
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
religious abstinence; purification
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
living by oneself; living alone
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
alone; by oneself; on one's own
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in