body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
at that time; in those days
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to recall; to remember; to recollect
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
in that way; thus; so; so?
while; during; while; although; all; both
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
both hands; both arms; ten
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
intelligence; intellect; brains
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
wrong; different; not like that
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
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