happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
living; lifestyle; living room
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
different room; another room; separate rooms
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
float; raft; float (beverage with ice cream on top); float (finance)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
interruption; suspension; break
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to breathe while sleeping
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary