to soothe; to calm; to pacify
investment; contribution; financing
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
parking; parking lot; parking space
personnel (of public building)
signs of human habitation
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)
to fan; to incite; to instigate
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
high window; clerestory window
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark