holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
electricity; (electric) light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
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
meaning; significance; sense
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
company; corporation; workplace
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with