holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
stairs; stairway; staircase
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
cooperation; collaboration
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
reason for being; raison d'être
to accept; to receive; to agree
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
connection; link; relationship
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
in this way; thus; such; uh...
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis