back street; back alley; off-street
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
interior; inside; internal
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
but; however; provided that
by itself; automatically; naturally
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
event; phenomenon; matter
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
around the world; throughout the world
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
else; in addition; besides
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
hollow; mid-air; air; sky