pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
front; frontage; facade; main
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
other side; opposite side; other party
immediately; right away; on the spot
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to jump upon (a moving object)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
right beside; close to; nearby
to dye; to colour; to color
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
just because; even if; even though
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively