to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
the same (age, social status); peer
breath; breathing; tone; mood
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
edge of the eaves; house frontage
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
great laughter; burst of laughter
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
surroundings; circumference
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
precipice; steep (e.g. mountain pass)
precipice; cliff; flat head
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet