if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
cooperation; coordination; link
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
perfect; complete; flawless
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
head; lead; vanguard; first
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to go ahead; to pull ahead
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)