flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to tighten; to press hard
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
suddenly; all of a sudden
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse into; to flop onto
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
single word; a few words; brief comment
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
full view; plain sight; completely visible
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to put one's hand on; to touch
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
feeling; sense; impression