room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to begin; to set about; to start
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
closing of a business or enterprise
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
as; because; with; due to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
very; extremely; excessively
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
while being out of the office or away from home
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
serious; not joking; straight