to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
heart; guts; nerve; central part
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
rascal; mischievous kid; naughty child
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
such; like that; that sort of; very
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to shout (in anger); to yell
Japanese person; Japanese people
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to be born; to come into the world
regret; repentance; remorse
thud thud (esp. footsteps); clump clump
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
(a place) out of one's reach