basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
(licensed) red light district
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
all (there is); as long as there is
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to check; to stop; to keep back
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
to join together; to combine; to join up
pretext; pretense; pretence
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
wherein; therein; thereinto
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how