courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to push (something) against
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to shake one's head (in denial)
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to employ; to hire; to charter
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
remembrance; recollection; recognition
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to refuse; to decline; to deny
even if; even though; however; no matter how
unnatural; affected; studied; forced