opposite side; opposition
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
shopping; purchased goods
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to feel; to sense; to experience
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rest one's chin in one's hands
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
until now; so far; up to the present
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
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
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump