to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
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
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
minimum; at the very least
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
moisture; humidity; dampness
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
important documents; important papers
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to concern; to be related