complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
coincident with; while; simultaneously
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
such; this sort of; like this
that kind; competition; match
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
door; gate; opening; title page
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to rush over; to run up to
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to watch over; to watch attentively
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to stiffen; to become stiff
instant; moment; for an instant
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still