to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
light; right; right field; right fielder
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to raise one's voice; to shout
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to raise one's voice; to shout
one's heart rate; pulse rate
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to