to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
scrap; junk; waste material
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
way; method; means; resource; course
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
this and that; one thing and another
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
hooting; jeering; heckling
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
all present; all concerned; all of us
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
millet grain; something extremely tiny
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody