simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to be sacked; to be dismissed
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
as usual; as is one's habit
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to be worried; to be troubled
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
on the right as one faces (it)
smoothly; easily; readily
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
together; mutually; fellow
child born to one's current wife
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
passage; path; route; one's way
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
residence; housing; residential building
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
vacant house; unoccupied house
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
fifth day of the month; five days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context