as (for); for; in the capacity of
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
a little bit; a little while
water outlet; tap; faucet
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
myself; yourself; I; me; you
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
at first; in the beginning; originally
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
continuation; succession; series
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest