first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to begin to walk; to set out
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
going home from work; on the way home from work
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
race (of people); type of person
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
environment; circumstance
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to breathe out; to exhale
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)