to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
simpleton; dimwit; sluggard
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
being all smiles with joy
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
reception room; parlor; parlour
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
all; entire; whole; altogether
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be intimate with; to befriend
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
pushing and shoving; jostling; hustling
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself