class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to stiffen; to become stiff
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
commander; general; leader
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to amuse oneself; to make merry
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
though; notwithstanding; although
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to fly around; to scatter
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
person killed in action; the war dead
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river