imagination; supposition; guess
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
no matter how much time passes
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to rise; to erect; to get up
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
really; truly; indeed; good grief
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to pick up; to find; to gather
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)