drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
forcibly; by force; against one's will
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
after a long time; for the first time in a while
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
regular customer; valued client
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to become empty; to be emptied
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to gather; to collect; to assemble
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
relations with one's relatives; socializing with relatives; treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms with someone as if they were a relative
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it