light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
don't you think?; indicates question
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to have a talk; to tell a story
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to become better; to improve
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
even; indicates something unexpected occurs
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
middle of the night; dead of night
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
all night; the whole night
to keep watch; to stand guard