to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
opposite side; opposition
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to be found; to be discovered
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
internal organs; intestines; viscera
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to knock down; to knock off
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place