at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
about; concerning; related to; -ish
large hanging paper lantern
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)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
increase in interest rates
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
(Japanese-style) dining table
each; (arch.) you (plural)
built-in; fixed; attached
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
sitting in circle; round straw mat
(system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
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
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
other than; excluding; without
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be