to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
telephone booth; telephone box
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
landing; alighting; touch down
beyond that point; after that
stairs; stairway; staircase
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to shed light; to cast light
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
opposite side; other side; other party
at the last moment; this late in the game
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive