student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
face; looks; vestiges; trace
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
while; during; while; although; all; both
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
thereupon; shortly thereafter
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
that; the matter in question
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment