with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
plural; multiple; several
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
on the occasion of; at the time of
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
chief; main; principal; major
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
meaning; significance; sense
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
name; given name; first name
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally