maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
form; shape; figure; visage
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
material; substance; matter
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
this and that; one thing or another
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
being too late; losing one's final chance