previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
submersion; inundation; being flooded
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted