beginning; outset; first; onset
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
weird; strange; mysterious
to turn one's back (on the enemy)
I see; that's right; indeed
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
without; but if; otherwise; or else
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
such; like that; that sort of; very
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example