(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
low dining table; tea table
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
beyond that point; after that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
living room (Western style); sitting room
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love