superior; excellent; fine
enterprise; business; company; corporation
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
settlement; solution; resolution
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
vacant house; unoccupied house
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
curious; strange; unusual
time around sunset; early evening
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to lie deep in; to extend far back
to become fraught with emotion
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
clothes; clothing; garments
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
affectation; showiness; pretence
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
living by oneself; living alone
in the same way as; just like