your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
failure; mistake; blunder
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
in all conscience; in honour; in duty bound
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to turn towards; to point
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out