to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
incident; affair; happening; event
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
field overseer; site foreman
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
murder; homicide; manslaughter
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
those (near the second person)
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
and so; therefore; for that reason
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
looking on; remaining a spectator
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
button (clothing); push-button
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to keep away; to keep at a distance
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)