living thing; organism; creature; biology
there being no use in arguing (about it)
tool; implement; means; furniture
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
you could say; you might say; verging on the
above all else; more than anything
degree of relative priority
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to hand over; to surrender
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to run around; to bustle about
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to rule; to govern; to administer
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
mental; spiritual; emotional
very young; little; childish; immature
in proportion to; just as much as
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
thousands; several thousand
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook