tall figure; high stature
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
light; faint; pale; fleeting
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
dissection; autopsy; analysis
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
young person; young servant; young man come of age (at 16)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
study; research; investigation