floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
woman; female; feminine gender
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
eye measurement; measure with eye
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
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 speak; to hear a voice
(medical) doctor; physician
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive