thin; slender; fine; unlucky
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to strangle; to constrict
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
will not do; do not; does not
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
please (give me); please (do for me)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
starvation; famine; hunger
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.