aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
occurrence; happening; incident; event
accurate; correct; precise; exact
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse; to flop (onto)
in succession; one by one
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to run up to; to rush over
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
everywhere; all over; throughout
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to have no chance (of succeeding)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to settle (in a place); to settle down
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
calm; composed; cool; quiet
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to relax; to make oneself comfortable