volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
interior design; interior; upholstery
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
way; method; means; (technical) specification
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
chat; desultory conversation
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
failure; mistake; blunder
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
in the morning; during the morning
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
only; merely; but; no more than
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
than; other than; except; but
a little bit; a little while
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes