washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
corridor; hallway; passageway
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
water's edge; shore; waterside
to examine someone's expression
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back