huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
space; interval; space character; whitespace
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
water's edge; beach; foreshore
scene; spectacle; sight; view
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to repeat; to do something over again
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for