disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be sooty; to be stained
construction; architecture (of buildings)
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
thousands; several thousand
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
clanging; empty; deserted
five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
meaning; significance; sense
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to wave a flag; to show the way
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
roadway; road; carriageway
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to show up; to appear; to turn up
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise