to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
the scruff or nape of the neck
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to speak; to hear a voice
store interior; inside of a shop
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
pupil; student; schoolchild
student (esp. a university student)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
dozens; scores of; decades
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
(death from) starvation; starving to death
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for