circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
fake; improvisation (in jazz music, singing, etc.); ad-lib; feint (in American football)
to be; to exist; (arch.) to come; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to be (somewhere)
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
to cross the line; to go too far
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
straw mat used as a bag for carrying earth
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils