floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to keep in mind; to memorize
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
striking; remarkable; considerable
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to slide into; to slip into
stairs; stairway; staircase
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied