floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
central part; heart (of a city)
elevation; height above sea level
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
mountain climbing; mountaineering
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
eternal; unlimited; endless
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life