sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
mental; spiritual; emotional
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
human kindness; human weakness
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
human pillar; human sacrifice
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
blow; shock; strike; batting
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)