housing district; residential district
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
free time; time at leisure
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
counter for (school) periods; nth period
to jar; to creak; to grate
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
rationalization; justification
better than nothing; better than none at all
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
not worth considering; out of the question
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
atelier; studio; workshop
name plate; name tag; label
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity