chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all; not in the least
to sink (into); to get depressed
to go past; to pass; to pass by
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
about this time; about now
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
length; diameter; distance across
sorcerer; genie; human with supernatural powers
since; henceforth; ever since
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated