floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
by means of; due to; because of; according to
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
ten; 10; ten years of age
metre; meter; meter; gauge
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to wring the neck; to strangle
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
of course; certainly; naturally
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
offender; criminal; culprit