alone; by oneself; on one's own
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
welcome; (warm) reception
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to indicate; to show; to point to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to jar; to creak; to grate
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
counter seat; seat at the counter
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
how many years; how long; what year
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives