noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
accurate; correct; precise; exact
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to look around; to survey
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
but; however; although; though
at least; at most; (even) just
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
last night; yesterday evening
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty