guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
wooden house; frame house (building)
creak; squeak; creaking sound
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
course; route; path; process; means
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to bust down a door; to break a door open
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
coloured carp; colored carp
calm; composed; leisurely
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
opposite side; opposition
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy