restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
that is to say; so that means
to slap; to strike; to spank
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
polite; courteous; hospitable
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
pass (e.g. backstage pass)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord