chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
letter; missive; note; mail
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
until now; so far; up to the present
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
light (e.g. colour, color)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to jar; to creak; to grate
having said that; be that as it may
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them