come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
while; during; while; although; all; both
stepping back; drawing back
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
both hands; both arms; ten
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience