trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
top of the head; crown of the head
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
heart; guts; nerve; central part
being startled; getting a shock
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature