characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
electrically powered; electric
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
to keep secret; to conceal
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
material; substance; matter
hey there; I say; see here
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)