to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
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 replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
manner of using one's hands
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to have an erection; to become erect
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
adds force or indicates command
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check