capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
shoji (paper sliding door)
to be infected; to be contagious
to be at a loss for words
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
evening; night; nighttime
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to be found; to be discovered
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
open air; outdoors; outside
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless