to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
at first; in the beginning; originally
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
professional killer; hit man
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
good performance; good work; great success
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to be conspicuous; to stand out
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
just above; right overhead
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)