to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
vague recollection; faint memory
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
great physical power; animal strength
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to be careful; to take the utmost care
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to torment; to harass; to tease
covert action; covert operations
utmost limits; extremity; limit
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to waste time; to kill time
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
gliding (through the air)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)