head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to get slightly dirty (all over)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
scenery; scene; landscape
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
suffix for familiar person