to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
duty; function; office; mission; task
every place; various places
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
without permission; without notice
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
vice; immorality; corruption
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect