floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
doorknob; door knob; door handle
unanticipated; unexpected
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
inside; interior; inner part
to force open; to push open
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
using all one's strength; using all one's might
metal plate; metallic plate
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
ability; performance; efficiency
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
other side; opposite side; other party
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)