(small) knife; short sword; small sword
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
the whole day; all the day
longed-for; anxiously awaited
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
story; tale; talk; discussion
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
somehow; for some reason or other
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
self-consciousness; self-awareness
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river