to speak; to hear a voice
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to talk; to chat; to chatter
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
gazing at (in wonderment)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
a few seconds; several seconds
end; close; conclusion; termination
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
haori (Japanese formal coat)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)