to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
eye measurement; measure with eye
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
equality; impartiality; evenness
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to put one's strength into
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited