to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to press a question; to cross-examine
to shout (in anger); to yell
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
such; like that; that sort of; very
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to stiffen; to become stiff
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
annual (plant); first-year student
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll about; to writhe about
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to make merry; to be festive
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
fly swatter; flyswatter; fly swat
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my