movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
fall; drop; descent; coming down
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
stillness; repose; standing still
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
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
while; during (the time when)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to speak; to hear a voice
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
such; this sort of; like this
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
-less; lacking; non-existing
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor