floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
general; popular; common; typical
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
ago; since; before; previous
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
income; receipts; revenue
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
hey there; I say; see here
welcome!; nice to see you!
body; group; party; company; troupe
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now