floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to lose one's way; to get lost
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be found; to be discovered
how many people; a number of people
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to lie deep in; to extend far back
close to the wall; alongside the wall
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
brightness; splendour; splendor
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
corpulence; fatness; obesity
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
flesh-color; flesh-colour
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say