kitchen; financial situation
small attached annex; lean-to
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
common use; communal use; sharing
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to state; to express; to mention
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
wet nurse; nursing mother
wet nurse; nursing mother
family; members of a family
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
scene; spectacle; sight; view