to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
transfer student; student changing schools
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
technique; art; skill; move
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
middle and high-school students
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
in the meanwhile; during the time