to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
scale; scope; plan; structure
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
long time; several hours; long spell
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
engineer; technical officer
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
corridor; hallway; passageway
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to gain experience; to grow accustomed (to something)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!