to thrust away; to send flying
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
ardent; passionate; vehement
to search for; to seek for; to look for
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
anything and everything; just about everything
absorption; suction; attraction
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
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.)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to feel; to sense; to experience
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away