to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
for example; for instance; e.g.
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
sorry; excuse me; thank you
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)