trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
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
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
divide into four pieces; one fourth
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
step; stride; counter for steps
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
central part; heart (of a city)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
clanging; empty; deserted
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
inside one's heart; in one's mind
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
gushing out; welling up; springing up
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
stairs; stairway; staircase
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage