world tree (religious or mythological motif)
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
dizzyingly; with one's head swimming
to make a lasting impression
there is nothing; having nothing
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
square (of a number); multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
raising (an embankment, levee, etc.); increasing (a budget, fees, etc.); raising; inflating (figures)
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin