insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to breathe while sleeping
such; this sort of; like this
silence; stillness; quietness
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
wooden building; wooden architecture
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
stairs; stairway; staircase
popular name; common name; given name
to get slightly dirty (all over)
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation
isolation; being alone; being friendless
at that time; in those days
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
the same grade; same class
good-natured; of good character
cosmetics; toilet articles
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
one's native country; land of one's birth
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
only recently; just of late
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic