[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[やく, yaku] (adv) (1) approximately; about; (n) (2) promise; (3) shortening; reduction; simplification; (4) { ling } (See 約音) contraction (in phonetics); (P) #405
[みせ, mise] (n) (orig. abbr. of 店棚;見世棚) store; shop; establishment; (P) #497
[うた, uta] (n) (1) (歌, 唄 only) (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs) song; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry; (P) #610
[いてん, iten] (n, vs) moving; transfer; demise; (P) #1593
[ねこ, neko] (n) (1) cat; (2) shamisen; (3) geisha; (4) (abbr) (See 猫車) wheelbarrow; (5) (abbr) (See 猫火鉢) clay bed-warmer; (6) (uk) (col) (ant #1982
[てい;ひのと, tei ; hinoto] (ctr) (1) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.; (2) counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; (3) (See 挺) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (n) (4) (See 半・はん・3) even number; (5) (See 町・3) 109.09 m #2197
[ちがう, chigau] (v5u, vi) (1) to differ (from); to vary; (2) to not be in the usual condition; (3) to not match the correct (answer, etc.); (4) (See 話が違う) to be different from promised; (P) #2504
[ゆか, yuka] (n) (1) floor; (2) stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); (3) dining platform built across a river; (P) #2631
[はこ(P);こう(匣), hako (P); kou ( kou )] (n) (1) box; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (arch) (See 箱屋) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (5) (arch) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (P) #3163