enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
so; to such an extent; such
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to compete with; to vie for
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
doing whatever one pleases
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
day after day; day by day
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)