shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery; coal-mine shaft
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to take a seat; to sit; to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
one by one; one after another; successively
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously