floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
height (of body); stature
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
opinion; point of view; visual point
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
even more; still more; further
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
very young; little; childish; immature
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to look around; to survey
both hands; both arms; ten
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around