contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
anything and everything; just about everything
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
indeed; really; truly; very much
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
now; the present time; just now; another; more
suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage; area around one's feet; footwear
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
instability; insecurity; crankiness
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend