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)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
if you think about it; come to think of it
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
curious; strange; unusual
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
internal organs; intestines; viscera
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
time; season; period; phase; stage
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)