floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
name; given name; first name
corridor; hallway; passageway
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to knead well; to polish; to refine
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
door; gate; opening; title page
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to face on; to look out on to
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
tradition; legend; folklore
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
release; emission; ejection
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
change in appearance; transformation
good-quality; superior in quality
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
central part; heart (of a city)