aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
hello; good day; good afternoon
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
man; male; masculine gender
wish; desire; ambition; choice
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off; to lop off
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
bungler; greenhorn; low quality (of crops, fruits, etc.); poor produce; wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
care; precaution; guarding; caution
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
to hide; to conceal oneself
to travel; to take a trip; to make a journey
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
(being) frail; in frail health; frailty
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
casting (of roles); casting
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle