somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
overhead wires; elevated railway
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
very; extremely; excessively
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
question; inquiry; enquiry
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to