one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
had better ...; had better not ...
inside; interior; inner part
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
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.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
to shed light; to cast light
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to collapse into; to flop onto
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
be (that) as it may; having said that
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous