speaking voice; talking voice
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pick up; to find; to gather
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to say no more; to sink into silence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to stop walking; to pause
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to look around; to look towards (us)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier