companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
everything; anything; nothing
to begin to walk; to set out
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
staying the night; lodging (at)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
underworld; underside of society
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to move around; to move about; to get around
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to gather; to collect; to assemble
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden