one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
on the occasion of; at the time of
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
shoji (paper sliding door)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
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)
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
process; course; mechanism
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
unidentifiable; unidentified
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)