living by oneself; living alone
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
for your information; I'm telling you
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
half body bathing; hip bath
by myself; in person; by oneself
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
difference; variation; difference
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to be forward; to be impertinent
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
instead; but (on the other hand)
insecticide; insect repellent
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability