to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to jar; to creak; to grate
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to chase; to run after; to pursue
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
now; the present time; just now; another; more
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
declaration; proclamation; announcement
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to have the memory of having done something oneself