conviction; belief; confidence
door; gate; opening; title page
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse into; to flop onto
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
site; point on a map; spot
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be reminded of; to call to mind
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
though one didn't intend (expect) to
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
than; from; out of; except; but; more