pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
from here; from this place
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
home page (of a website or browser); homepage; web page; website
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
front; frontage; facade; main
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
door; gate; opening; title page
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
time; hour; period; class
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
that's the way it is; such is life
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
cigarette end; cigarette butt
then; well; so; well then
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
silence (not speaking); muteness
two (long cylindrical things)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine