to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
perfect; complete; flawless
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
if so; in that case; in that situation
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
because of; owing to; due to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
in advance; beforehand; previously
use; utilization; utilisation; application
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
in accordance with plans; just as planned
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)