telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
duty; obligation; responsibility
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
if so; in that case; in that situation
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
it is not (like that) either
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around