ill-bred; poorly brought up
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
chatter; prattle; lapping (up); slurping; sound of juicy food being bitten into
now; the present time; just now; another; more
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to kill; to beat to death
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
troublesome; annoying; complicated
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous