form; shape; figure; visage
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
melodic subject; theme; motif
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
fish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
expression method; how to express oneself; phrasing
how many years; how long; what year
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
tail (animal); tail end; tip
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
letter; missive; note; mail
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side