floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
ultimate; final; last; eventual
flowery language; pretty words
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
transport; transportation
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to work straight through without stopping
still (continuing); as ever; further
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility