to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to blow off; to be blown off
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
scene; spectacle; sight; view
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
both hands; both arms; ten
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
matter of time; question of time
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
until now; so far; up to the present
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
that; the matter in question
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
one day; (on) a certain day