no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to speak; to hear a voice
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
lightly; easily; carelessly
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
putting into operation; invocation
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
joint-locking technique (in judo)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully
to push (something) against
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
stature; build; height; size; physique
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light