to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
about this time; about now
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
side effect; adverse reaction
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she