to speak; to hear a voice
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
person with a criminal record; violent criminal
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
please; somehow or other; one way or another
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere