bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to join together; to combine; to join up
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
military forces; hosts; troops
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
aptitude; aptness; suitability
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)