for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to apologize; to apologise
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
machine parts; machinery; equipment
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
really; truly; indeed; good grief
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to go out and away; to leave
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit