bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
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)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
brothers and sisters; siblings
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to look around; to survey
chair; stool; post; office; position
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
I see; that's right; indeed
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
comparatively; relatively
person of common sense; common sense man
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
great difference; big difference; wide margin
family; members of a family
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to entertain; to make welcome
lightly; easily; carelessly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away