hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
meaning; significance; sense
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to ask; to enquire; to query
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
don't you think?; indicates question
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed