to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
fair and square; open and aboveboard
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
snake; serpent; large snake
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
refueling (car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")