floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep
best article under heaven; peerless
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
lost article; something forgotten
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
vocal sound; tone of voice
to rise; to erect; to get up
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend