morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
chair; stool; post; office; position
to be needed; to be wanted
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to be found; to be discovered
but; however; provided that
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
until now; so far; up to the present
to feel; to sense; to experience
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
well then ...; in that situation; in which case