reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
coloured glass; colored glass
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish