My words

地下室

cellar, basement

洗濯機

washing machine (laundry)

床

floor, stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player), dining platform built across a river

カーテン

curtain, curtains

かーペット

carpet

ドア

door (Western-style)

歩く

to walk

ストロー

straw

ミニスカート

mini-skirt

初めて

for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ...

現金

cash, ready money, money on hand, currency, mercenary, self-interested, calculating

冗談

jest, joke, funny story

掛かる

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money), to hang, to come into view, to arrive, to come under (a contract, a tax), to start (engines, motors), to attend, to deal with, to handle, to have started to, to be on the verge of, to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover, to (come) at, to be fastened, to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.), to be caught in, to get a call, to depend on

払う

to pay (e.g. money, bill), to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches), to drive away (e.g. ones competitors), to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of, to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern), to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert, to move out (of ones own place), to vacate, to sweep (e.g. ones legs), to knock aside, to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy), to reset (an abacus)

家賃

rent

水星

Mercury (planet)

金星

Venus (planet)

地球

the earth, the globe

火星

Mars (planet)

木星

Jupiter (planet)

土星

Saturn (planet)

天王星

Uranus (planet)

海王星

Neptune (planet)

冥王星

Pluto (dwarf planet)

ブラシ

brush, brushy

安全ピン

safety pin

トイレットペーパー

toilet paper

花瓶

vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)

鍋

saucepan, pot, stew, hot pot

包丁

kitchen knife, carving knife, cooking, food