to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
again (and again); once again; yet again
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to rule; to govern; to administer
founder; originator; pioneer
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to begin shooting; to shoot out
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
strong interaction; strong force
many; much; plenty; hardly
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
secret story; unknown episode
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
play equipment; playground equipment