what's the matter?; what's wrong?
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
court lady; lady-in-waiting
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner
to invite in; to show someone in
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to polish up; to shine up
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to rush over; to run up to
it's been a long time; long time no see
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)