floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to eat up (in no time); to gobble up; to make short work of; to put away
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
bulging (esp. stomach); sticking out
application; request; petition
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference