first generation; founder
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to differ; to vary; to disagree
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to have an idea; to have a clue
descendant; posterity; offspring
founder of dynasty or sect
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
at that time; in those days
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
(someone else's) daughter
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
this and that; one thing or another
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with