to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
same; similar; (just) like; equal
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to rise; to erect; to get up
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
arm; skill; efforts; ability
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
at least; at most; (even) just
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
in comparison to; rather than
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river