strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream