victory or defeat; match; contest; game
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
snake; serpent; large snake
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
refueling (a car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)