older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
probability; likelihood; chances
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
corridor; hallway; passageway
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
I see; that's right; indeed
woman; female; feminine gender
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
life; living; I; me; student
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
really; truly; indeed; good grief
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly