to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
that; the matter in question
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
already; now; no longer; not any more
grandfather; male senior-citizen
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to try to do; to attempt to do
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)