half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
without permission; without notice
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops); teahouse garden
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
breaking a lock; picking a lock
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
ascetic practice of silence
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
street with streetcar tracks; street with a tram line
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
rented house; house for rent
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); suddenly (appearing, coming out, etc.); distractedly; absentmindedly
to surface; to rise to the surface
to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
everything; anything; nothing
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
successively; one after another
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)