to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
club activities; extracurricular activities
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
question; inquiry; enquiry
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
pointing out; identification
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more