floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to lose one's way; to get lost
take-out; take-away; carry-out
to carry around; to carry on one's person
at once; immediately; right now
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
sleeping together in a huddle
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
estimate (of costs); budget
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
author; writer; novelist; artist
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
such; this sort of; like this
number of copies; circulation
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to preserve; to save; to put in; to lay in
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)