to ascertain; to check; to make sure
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
item; something that one "just has to have"
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
four corners; four ordinal directions
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to pick up; to find; to gather
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish