Japanese person; Japanese people
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
tradition; legend; folklore
as (for); for; in the capacity of
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
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)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to tumble down; to roll down
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rush over; to run up to
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to rise; to erect; to get up
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
name; given name; first name
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
second day of the month; two days
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to be perturbed; to be agitated
such; this sort of; like this
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
tolerance; broad-mindedness
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)