to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
plural; multiple; plural (number)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
on the occasion of; at the time of
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
chief; main; principal; major
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
meaning; significance; sense
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
departure; leaving; setting off
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
name; given name; first name
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally