trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
haori (Japanese formal coat)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
two persons; two people; pair; couple
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
like this; in this way; as you see
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to cause someone to worry
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
divine aid; divine grace; providential help
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
lately; recently; nowadays
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
by means of; due to; because of; according to