house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
senior high school; high school
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
boy; son; baby boy; young man
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)