to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
one's mental make-up (structure)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
hertz (unit of frequency); Hz; heart
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
drunkenness; intoxication
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
if you think about it; come to think of it
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
to complain; to lodge a complaint