place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
in that way; thus; so; so?
whistle (sound made with the lips)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
while; during; while; although; all; both
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to shake one's head (in denial)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...