representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
number one; first; best; most; game; round
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
hateful; detestable; loathsome
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to look around; to look towards (us)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to spit out; to eject; to dump
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down