be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to rise; to erect; to get up
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to spring at; to leap upon
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to collapse into; to flop onto
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
police officer; policeman; constable
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash