looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
pieces; scraps; disconnected
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
escape hatch; escape door
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
generously; liberally; magnanimously
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
direct unforked road; straight path
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
shadow figure; silhouette
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu