to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
genuine article; real thing; real deal
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
form; shape; figure; visage
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
man; male; masculine gender
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
store interior; inside of a shop
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
shopping district; shopping street; downtown