throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
large number (of); many; majority
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
one by one; one after another; successively
first generation; founder
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to have an idea; to have a clue
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
descendant; progeny; offspring
founder of dynasty or sect
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
at that time; in those days
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly