smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
comparatively; relatively
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
real estate agent; realtor
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
middle of the night; dead of night
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to move (house); to change residence
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
place; situation; position; location
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
hello; good day; good afternoon
same village; same town; same province
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
article; thing; object; property; real estate
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
ignorant of the ways of the world
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean