ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to sniff out; to get wind of
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump from one thing to another
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to waver
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
of course; certainly; naturally
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
degeneration; retrogression
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
again; once more; a second time
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
nothing but; none other than
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly