clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
national border; provincial border
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
place; situation; position; location
intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
river; stream; River; the ... river
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
precipice; cliff; flat head
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to attack; to assault; to assail
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
meaning; significance; sense
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to take back; to recapture
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse