floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
without; but if; otherwise; or else
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
literally; to the letter; literal
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to pass (of time); to elapse