to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
heart; guts; nerve; central part
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to put one's strength into
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
instant; moment; for an instant
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
body; physical system; (the) person
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
with a start; with a jump
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
control; check; restraint; inhibition
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back