to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
analepticum; restorative medicine
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to become empty; to be emptied
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
again; once more; a second time
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you