gossip; corner of the mouth
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
consequence; outcome; result; blame
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
stairs; stairway; staircase
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
living by oneself; living alone
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
apartment with one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
senior high school; high school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
family; members of a family
such; this sort of; like this
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled