tool; implement; means; furniture
to get accustomed to using
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
transactions; dealings; business
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
shellfish; seashell; shell
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to turn against; to become an enemy
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
in advance; beforehand; previously
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality