how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
mountaineering club; mountain area
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
sphincter; sphincter muscle; constrictor
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool
if so; in that case; in that situation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
giant; woodsman; alpinist
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
honor; honour; credit; prestige
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
talk; story; conversation
to get late; to advance; to wear on
four corners; four ordinal directions
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to