spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
front; frontage; facade; main
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
here and there; in places
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
and then; and so; and; so then
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to burst open; to pop; to split
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
rampancy; prevalence; domination