careful; elaborate; scrupulous
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
seeing off and meeting on return
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
preliminary investigation; preparation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
tone (of voice); manner of talking
companion; company; tritagonist
store interior; inside of a shop