to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
room allocation; assignment of rooms
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to some extent; to a certain extent
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
preference; priority; precedence
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
briskly; quickly; promptly
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
in advance; beforehand; previously
kitchen; financial situation
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
Japanese person; Japanese people
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river