to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse; to flop (onto)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
spot; point; place; position
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
though one didn't intend (expect) to
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)