quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
man; male; masculine gender
woman; female; feminine gender
too much; excessively; too
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
question; inquiry; enquiry
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to be too numerous; to be too much
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to surround; to crowd around
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
moving about; stirring about
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to take a breath; to take a short rest
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly