girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
absorption; suction; attraction
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
in the morning; during the morning
failure; mistake; blunder
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
every year; yearly; annually
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to go out and away; to leave
to shout (in anger); to yell
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to collect; to assemble; to gather
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
of course; certainly; naturally
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not