cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to leave behind (cargo, passengers, etc.)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to kick (at someone, something)
adenosine triphosphate; ATP
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
combination; union; binding; bond
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
rising; ascending; climbing
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
process; course; mechanism
transcendence; excellence; superiority
physical strength; muscle strength
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
increase in speed, acceleration
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation