small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
preparation; arrangements
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.