association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
opposite bank; farther shore
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to be splendidly handsome
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
submersion; inundation; being flooded
handcraft; handwork; hand throwing technique (judo)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
complete change; about-face
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
watering hole; watering place
round shape; circle; circular form
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
pegbox (of a shamisen, etc.)
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
boundless; vast; limitless; faint; hazy; dim
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
correspondence; being in accordance with; anaphora