investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
time; hour; period; class
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
clerk; office worker; office staff
technical assistant; technician
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)