floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to compose; to put together
position; location; base; point; site
comfort (in living place)
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
wherein; therein; thereinto
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
with a start; with a jump
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
choices; alternatives; options
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability