to press a question; to cross-examine
space (room, area, outer space)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
poisoning; kill by poison
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
to apologize; to apologise
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
bravery; courage; heroism
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender