standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
heart; guts; nerve; central part
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
rather; sooner; preferably
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
prickling; stinging; tingling
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
inside one's heart; in one's mind
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
boarder; boarding student
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter