floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
person from (the planet of)
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
appointment; rendezvous; date
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
northern part; the north (of a region)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
day after day; day by day
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to become possible; to become able to (do)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to be born; to come into the world
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
it is I who should say so
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
understood; I see; OK; present; here
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff