floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
turning to the right; right turn
to subsist; to keep on living
license; permit; licence; certificate
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
(college) president; secretary-general
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
parting; separation; farewell
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
ahead; before; the future
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
perfect; perfection; perfect game
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture