hanging loosely; dangling limply
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
people; men and women; each person; everybody
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to have a talk; to tell a story
don't worry about it; forget about it
stairs; stairway; staircase
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
sex mania; erotomania; nymphomania; sex maniac; erotomaniac; nymphomaniac
still (continuing); as ever; further
angrily; in a huff; in anger; plump; tender
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability