Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
within; inside of; less than
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
place to put something; storage space
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
that's the way it is; such is life
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
build; physique; frame; constitution
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
best regards; please take care of; please do
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
boiled and half-dried bonito
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
small cake made from sweet potatoes; sweet potato
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)