upper half of the body; upper body
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
function; facility; faculty; feature
surroundings; environs; circumference
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection; pasteurization
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts); succession
at once; there and then; immediately
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood