vague recollection; faint memory
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to stare back (at); to glare back
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
woman; lady; adult female
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
just a minute; small quantity
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to discuss; to talk together
to invite in; to show someone in
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)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
speaking voice; talking voice
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to pile up; to accumulate
in case of; at that time; at this time
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at