to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
several minutes; a few minutes
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to lie down; to throw oneself down
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
surely; certainly; without doubt
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
corridor; hallway; passageway
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
close to the wall; alongside the wall
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
dakuten; diacritic used with kana that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
rat (esp. a laboratory rat)
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
experiment; experimentation
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...