lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
then; well; so; well then
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong