to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
again; once more; a second time
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
episode; anecdote; vignette
to have a talk; to tell a story
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
piece; fragment; one (object)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
river; stream; River; the ... river