captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
thin rice gruel; rice water
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
so; like this; in this way
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
now; the present time; just now; another; more
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
bishop's staff; khakkhara
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry