stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
this occasion; at this time; now
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
participation; joining; entry; adherence
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to collapse into; to flop onto
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
study; diligence; discount; reduction
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
now; the present time; just now; another; more