to come off; to slip down; to slip off
clicking; clopping; clacking
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
according to plan; as planned; on target
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
several weeks; a few weeks
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to take on a role; to take part
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
detour; circuitous route; diversion
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
heart transplant operation
to escape death; to be saved from death
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake