mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
snake; serpent; large snake
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to creep about; to crawl around
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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 avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to step forward; to take a step forward
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
nothing but; except; no more than
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)