draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to cease; to stop; to be over
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
at least; at most; (even) just
terrain; geographical features; topography
grasp; catch; understanding
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful