floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to put into the mouth; to eat
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
such ... as; or some such
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
study; diligence; discount; reduction
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish