tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
such; this sort of; like this
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
hidden room; secret chamber
otherwise; or else; if not
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
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; so?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to provide; to arrange; to install
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
mouthpiece; cigarette holder; cigarette filter (tip); fragrant garnish (for soup)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)