to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
product; produce; result; fruit
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
literally; to the letter; literal
tradition; legend; folklore
high and low; rise and fall
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to feel; to sense; to experience
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
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)
although I say; although one might say; although called
many; much; plenty; hardly
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
form; shape; figure; visage
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote