to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
this (very thing); this precisely
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
powerful person; influential person
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
king; monarch; ruler; champion
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
dominion; territory; possession
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to become pale; to turn pale
irrational (line of) argument
retort; back talk; backchat
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable