freezing compartment; freezer
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
second basement level; subbasement
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
honorific/polite/humble prefix
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
culture fluid; culture solution; broth
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
button (clothing); push-button
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
at once; immediately; right now
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to face; to go towards; to head towards
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
after all; because; but; even; too; as well