entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to set (sun); to become dark
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
speaking voice; talking voice
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
3rd day of the month; three days
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
somehow; for some reason or other
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to ask; to enquire; to query
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is