left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
tone (of voice); manner of talking
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
exit; way out; outlet; vent
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to begin to walk; to set out
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to go past; to pass; to pass by
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
succession; continuation; series; sequence
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to stop walking; to pause
door; gate; opening; title page
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to crouch; to squat; to cower