respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
3rd day of the month; three days
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
one (thing); one piece; one item
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
height (of a person); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
with no effort at all; easily
landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result