house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to be able to manage somehow or another
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
individual; private person; personal; private
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
counter for books; volume
digital versatile disc; DVD
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
classbook; yearbook; school graduation album
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look around; to survey
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
journal; magazine; periodical
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis