floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
interval; break; pause; spare moment
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to correct oneself; to restate
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
houses and inhabitants; population
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
now that; since; so long as; because
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no