it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
with curious eyes; curiously
to look around; to survey
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
one room apartment; studio apartment
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
getting an advance (on one's salary)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
curiosity; inquisitiveness
I see; that's right; indeed
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try