clearing one's throat; cough
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to move (house); to change residence
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
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)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to become clear; to be made public
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
that is to say; so that means
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
notice; attention; observation
to be too late; to be too slow
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)