preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
such; like that; that sort of
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
in succession; one by one
one-by-one; separately; in detail
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)