some people; a few people; several people
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to look away; to avert one's eyes
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
flour; meal; powder; dust
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
finger marks; dirt from the hands
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
cork (snowboarding action); coke; Coca-Cola; coke; cocaine
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
one part; one portion; one section
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
ten; 10; ten years of age