that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to recall; to remember; to recollect
living; lifestyle; living room
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
story; tale; talk; discussion
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
incident; affair; happening; event
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
three; three years of age
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
weather forecast; weather report
to wring the neck; to strangle
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation