wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to jump up and down; to hop
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
exactly as stated; verbatim
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
though; even if; whether ... or ...
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
mental; spiritual; emotional
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to be accepted by a university
unanticipated; unexpected
and yet; though; when; in spite of
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
study; diligence; discount; reduction
failure; mistake; blunder