lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
living room (Western style); sitting room
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
convenient; useful; handy; helpful
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
silence; stillness; quietness
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
three; three years of age
fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
victim; injured party; sufferer
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding