catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
to jar; to creak; to grate
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
by sheer strength; by brute force
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to bungle; to make things awkward
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
and yet; though; when; in spite of
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to scatter away; to vanish
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
health; healthy; sound; fit
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
in this way; along these lines; similarly
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into