dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
coverall apron; cook's apron
headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (as in a cartoon)
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
culmination; southing; crossing the meridian
head with grey hair (gray); grey head
napkin; cloth; first string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
transparent; plain (glass or glasses)
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to lead a life; to live a life
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
apron (waist-down); waist apron
to frolic about; to mess around
missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
one's post; place of work; workplace
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
since then; from that time; ever since
position; job; employment; opening
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
logistics; supply; communications
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to support each other; to support one another
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
to incur someone's enmity
separation; farewell; parting
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe