to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
of course; certainly; naturally
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
even if ...; even supposing that ...
this world; this life; world of the living
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
four corners; four ordinal directions
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)