last night; yesterday evening
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
that sort of; that kind of; that (over there); like that; in that way; so
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
variety of court dance (Nara period)
living room (Western style); sitting room
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to lie down; to throw oneself down
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
kitchen; financial situation; finances
things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
retainer; vassal; servant
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
brown bear (Ursus arctos)