light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
without cause; without reason
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
staying the night; lodging (at)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends