a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
living room (Western style); sitting room
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
present (brought by a visitor); gift
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to do together; to share; to participate in
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
bedroom; (woman's) bedchamber; pillow talk
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
danger; peril; hazard; risk
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
nothing but; none other than
general; popular; common; typical
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
individual differences; personal equation
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion