floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to compose; to write; to author
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
discovery; detection; finding
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to begin to walk; to set out
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
brandling (when used as fishing bait)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
female high school student
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away