look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
there is nothing; having nothing
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
invisibly; secretly; privately
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to be able to manage somehow or other
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
doorknob; door knob; door handle
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing