cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
all; entire; whole; altogether
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
being concerned about or mindful of
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to tumble down; to roll down
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to shout (in anger); to yell
stupid girl; stupid woman