please (give me); please (do for me)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
irritation; annoyance; frustration
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
assorted grains; cereals; millet
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
last night; yesterday evening
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
innumerable; countless; numberless