with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
with a start; with a jump
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to recall; to remember; to recollect
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to chase; to run after; to pursue
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
rare; uncommon; not often seen
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
here and there; in places
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)