to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
one thin flat object; one sheet
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
tool; implement; means; furniture
operation; functioning; running
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
in one's own way or style
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
transparent; plain (glass or glasses)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to squeeze out; to wring out
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done