to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
programme; program; plans; arrangements
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to encamp; to take up positions
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary