wonderful; splendid; magnificent
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
murder; killing; murderer
what is it exactly?; what is it precisely
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
along; parallel to; in accordance with
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
that day; the very same day
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
prescribed form (of writing); format
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
rope; cord; policeman's rope