girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
master; teacher; stable master
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
suffix for familiar person
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
close escort; close protection
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
yearned for; longed for; missed
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
armed forces; military; troops
thousands; several thousand
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job