to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
(carved) statue; sculpture
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
stepping back; drawing back
to face; to go towards; to head towards
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
rather than; more ... than ...
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.); abruptly (happen); (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up); abruptly (rise)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
spy; secret agent; shill; stealth advertiser
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)