floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
corridor; hallway; passageway
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
open (attitude, etc.); openhearted; frank; open (space); spacious
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
considerably; greatly; a lot
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
but; however; provided that
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
settlement; solution; resolution
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
choices; alternatives; options
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way