present (brought by a visitor); gift
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
such; this sort of; like this
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
immediately; at once; instantly
clear; precise; definite; distinct
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
attendant; valet; servant; follower
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
advance payment; money paid in advance
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
businesslike; professional
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer