shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
to increase; to add to; to augment
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
morning; forenoon; just before noon
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
master; teacher; stable master
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
suffix for familiar person
at least; at most; (even) just
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence