carrying voice; well-projected voice
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
stir-fry; stir-fried food
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be found; to be discovered
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold