to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
(mouse) click; click (sound)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
story; tale; talk; discussion
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect