floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
ornamental plant used primarily for the visual effect of its fruit
genuine article; real thing; real deal
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
standard; set; routine; decided
chocolate chips; chocolate chip
rum raisin; raisins marinated in rum
chestnut; marron (Cherax tenuimanus and Cherax cainii species of freshwater crayfish)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
time; season; period; phase; stage
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
for the first time in one's life
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
living room (Japanese-style)
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
outer space; void of space