homecoming; returning home
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
saving electricity; power saving; reducing electricity usage; reducing power consumption
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day