indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
(with a) start; fright; alarm
while; during; while; although; all; both
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
meaning; significance; sense
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
curse; spell; malediction
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
bowing (a string instrument)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
but; however; provided that
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do