circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
counter for chairs or seats
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
common people; ordinary people; masses
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
one thin flat object; one sheet
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
impudent; shameless; brazen
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort