to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
frame; framework; outline
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
how; in what way; by what means
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
departure; leaving; going away; recession
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
after construction; after building; since construction
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rock; to shake; to swing
handrail; railing; banister
to stop walking; to pause
to cease; to stop; to be over
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up