to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
future; possible; potential; prospective
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
solidarity; joint; collective
rather; sooner; preferably
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
expression; look; countenance; face
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
magic; sorcery; incantation
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
that is to say; so that means
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound