to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
transfer; transport; removal
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
magical power; mystical force
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
retirement (from the world); seclusion
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally