to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
icy road; frozen snow surface (e.g. on a ski slope); skating rink
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to rush over; to run up to
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
acting ability; talent as a performer
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
curse; spell; malediction
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
point of compromise; common ground
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
way; method; means; resource; course
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal