two adjoining rooms (connected by a sliding door)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
broad or spacious veranda; eaves
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
for example; for instance; e.g.
daily meals; three regular meals a day
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity