house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
kitchen; financial situation
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
book; volume; this; present; main; head
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to look around; to survey
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
here and there; everywhere
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
pressure; oppression; suppression
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid