success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
imagination; supposition; guess
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
single word; a few words; brief comment
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
beyond that point; after that
invisibly; secretly; privately
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to examine someone's expression
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
backward somersault; backward roll
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
as if nothing had happened