to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
high tide; high water; climax; high point
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to throw at; to turn; to raise
lately; recently; nowadays
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
all eyes; public attention
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
distrust; unjust suspicion
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to look around; to look towards (us)
outside (the room, building); outdoors
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
long; drawn-out; very long
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize