carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
residence; housing; residential building
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
(department) store; (department) stores
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
adviser; advisor; consultant
single-storied house; single-storied building
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
school building; schoolhouse
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
best regards; please take care of; please do
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
opposite side; opposition