to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to take a breath; to take a short rest
beyond that point; after that
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
have a good day; take care; see you
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to put one's strength into
than; from; out of; except; but; more
only; merely; but; no more than
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
hair on the back of one's head
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
sentiment; sentimentality
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
regret; repentance; remorse
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
in the meanwhile; during the time