floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to govern; to manage; to control
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
finely chiseled (features)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
old soldier; veteran; old hand
approximate age; age range
much the same; nearly equal
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable