place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
exit; way out; outlet; vent
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
please (give me); please (do for me)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
such; this sort of; like this
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to smear with blood; to kill
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
unnatural death; violent death
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all