several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
selection; choice; option
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
naturally; of course; understandably
guidance; leadership; leading the way
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
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)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
senior high school; high school
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
two adjoining rooms (connected by a sliding door)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)