shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
reason; cause; circumstances
wrestler (esp. pro wrestler)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lie down; to throw oneself down
how; in what way; how about
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate