sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
whispering into a person's ear
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
suffix for familiar person
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
and; thereupon; because of that
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
early (days); initial stage; initial
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
column shape; cylinder; columnar
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
place; situation; position; location
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front