beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
even though; despite; when
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
three; three years of age
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
hard struggle; strenuous effort
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to govern; to manage; to subdue
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
rice cultivation; rice crop
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
successive generations; successive emperors
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to