happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be photographed; to be projected
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to hand over; to surrender