bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
depression; recession; slump
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
to throw oneself (into an activity)
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
with a friendly grin; smilingly
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
midsummer; height of summer
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
taming; gradual habituation; leading to
lately; recently; nowadays
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
hills and fields; countryside
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial