leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
tone (of voice); manner of talking
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
personification; anthropomorphization
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
as (for); for; in the capacity of
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
conveyor belt; belt conveyor
precision instrument or machine
to get slightly dirty (all over)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key