family; relatives; dependents; household
honorific/polite/humble prefix
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
Boys (The Shirelles song)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
training room (hall); gymnasium
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
so; like this; in this way
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
practice; practising; training; study
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned