to concern; to be related
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
periodic; regular; routine
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
town; city; municipal; urban
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
why; how; for what reason
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
instant; moment; for an instant
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
what kind of; what sort of; what
to cut into (a conversation); to interject