to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
at least; at most; (even) just
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
height (of body); stature
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
children's story; fairy tale
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
paste; glue; clothing starch
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
though; notwithstanding; although
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
manners; behavior; behaviour
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)