to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
leather shoes; leather boots
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
button (clothing); push-button; button
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
destination; place where one is visiting
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
nothing but; except; no more than
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author
as (for); for; in the capacity of
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
unconditionally; as a rule
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing