to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
breath; breathing; tone; mood
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
heart; guts; nerve; central part
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
instant; moment; for an instant
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
after a long time; for the first time in a while
one's house; one's home; one's family
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to blow off; to be blown off
one by one; one after another; successively
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)