arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to begin; to set about; to start
polite; respectful; reverent
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
and; thereupon; because of that
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit