floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to hide; to conceal oneself
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
to think of; to come up with
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
big frame; large figure; huge body
you could say that; that might be so
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to set a watch; to post guards
to get out of bed; to show a leg
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part