walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
image; figure; figure; form; image
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
marshy rice field or paddy
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
moderate; proper; just right
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
although I say; although one might say; although called
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
in the meanwhile; during the time
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst