to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
substitute article; back-up
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
sympathy; compassion; pity
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy