to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
classical elegance; antiquity
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
time; hour; period; class
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
don't you think?; indicates question
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
hey there; I say; see here
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
failure; mistake; blunder
if it is the case that ...
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
while; even though; despite