to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
victim; injured party; sufferer
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
chair; stool; post; office; position
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
waste of time; killing time
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
such; this sort of; like this
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
action of making something; -ification
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
devil; evil spirit; genie
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)