to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
storeroom (attached to a house); Imperial warehouse
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
good performance; good work; great success
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
but; however; even though; even if
evening; last night; yesterday evening
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby