release; emission; ejection
training wheels; stabilizers
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
a few years ago; some years back
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
while running; while moving; in motion
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to stare back at; to look back at
present continuous tense; present progressive form
the place for; the time for; the level of
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
temporary closure (of a shop, etc.); extra holiday; special holiday
game arcade; video arcade
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy