furniture store; furniture dealer
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to understand; to make out
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
clothes; clothing; garments
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
surname; family name; last name
to do together; to share; to participate in
from the viewpoint of; according to
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
in case of; at that time; at this time
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
empirical; from experience
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
control; management (e.g. of a business)
no exception; without exception; always the same
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb