speech; words; one's lines; remarks
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
whole face; all over one's face
what time; (lit.) which hour
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
just past noon; afternoon
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to invite in; to show someone in
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
matter of concern and interest
alone; by oneself; on one's own
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
document; official papers
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate