(bank) balance; remainder
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to tumble down; to roll down
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
how long; how far; how much
to need; to demand; to take; to require
in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue