to straighten up; to sit upright
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
furnishings; implements; equipment
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
physical condition; state of health
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage; area around one's feet; footwear
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
blow; hit (on the body); beating
of course; certainly; naturally
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)