first-rate; finest quality; the best
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
submersion; inundation; being flooded
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
electricity bill; electric bill
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
house across the street; neighbor across the street
electricity; (electric) light
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
convenient; handy; useful
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
considerably; greatly; a lot
to become better; to improve
you could say that; that might be so
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)