to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
to open (one's eyes) wide
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to be smeared; to be covered
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
living thing; living creature; animal; life
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
to drop; to let fall; to omit
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
to fall off; to tumble down
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to step forward; to volunteer
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor