when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
silence; stillness; quietness
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
minimum; at the very least
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to show up; to appear; to turn up
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
when it becomes; when it comes to
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
choices; alternatives; options
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
day after day; day by day
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen