floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
moment; brief space of time
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
had better ...; had better not ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to say; to be called; to do
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to speak; to hear a voice
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
that is to say; so that means