area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
instant; moment; for an instant
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to go out and away; to leave