room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(made of) stone; stone-built
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
battle of wits; contest of wits
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...