hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
each house; every house; many houses
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
(essential) utilities; lifeline
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
difference; variation; difference
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
reaction; response; reaction
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)