to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to spread; to be propagated
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
offender; criminal; culprit
after a long time; for the first time in a while
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
chair; stool; post; office; position
blow; shock; strike; batting
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded