feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
several hundred; hundreds (of)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
women's college; women's university
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
fresh verdure; new green leaves
Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
round shape; circle; circular form
hedge; fence; border; limit
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area