to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
because of; owing to; due to
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
storehouse; warehouse; godown
storage room; store room; lumber room
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
please (give me); please (do for me)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
suffix for familiar person
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
convenient; handy; useful
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)