even if; even though; however; no matter how
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
neighbourhood; neighborhood
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
kitchen; financial situation
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
so; like this; in this way
stairs; stairway; staircase
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
bungalow; one-story house
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
sofa; couch; lounge chair
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
sour look; surly face; pout
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)