chance; opportunity; occasion
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
systematic; regular; routine
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
color of flames; colour of flames
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
standard; set; routine; decided
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
premature joy; short-lived elation
on the occasion of; at the time of
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along