police; police officer; police station
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
holding on to; sticking to
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
all; entire; whole; altogether
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
reconciliation; make peace with
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
older sister and younger brother
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
adventure story; novel of adventure