to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
horror film; horror movie
production (e.g. play); direction
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
possible; likely; probable
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
authenticity; credibility
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle