estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to erase all trace of something
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
talking about memories; reminiscences
to subsist; to keep on living
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
senior high school; high school
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
subject (of study); course of study; department (of a university)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
technical skill; ability; capacity
independence; self-reliance
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
day in and day out; all the time
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
owning a lot of clothes; person who owns a lot of clothes
having a weakness for fine clothes
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
clothes; clothing; garments
I've got to be going; I must go
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to have one's horizons broadened
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace