succession; continuation; series; sequence
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
proposal; offer; request; application
polite; courteous; hospitable
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
school bag; school satchel
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item