degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
on and after; from ... onward; since
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
feeling of a house or a room
calamity; misfortune; disaster
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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.)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
something like ...; something called ...
to throw at; to turn; to raise