silence (not speaking); muteness
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
skeptical; sceptical; incredulous
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
in search of; in order to look for
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
Tyltyl (from the play The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck)
Mytyl (from the play The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck)
process; course; mechanism
near oneself; close to one; familiar
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)