easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to push aside; to push one's way through
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to pick up; to find; to gather
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
cherry blossom (colour, color)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were