hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to ventilate; to let fresh air in
wooden building; wooden architecture
footwear; footgear; shoes
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to part left and right; to open out
kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
box (built-in) for containing shutters; shutter case; door pocket
open veranda; open verandah
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
family; relatives; dependents; household
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
staying the night; lodging (at)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
water's edge; beach; shore
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
experience; history; record; career
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
club (esp. for devotees or fanciers of some subject or activity)
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to speak ambiguously; to be vague; to equivocate; to prevaricate
curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses