simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to open (one's eyes) wide
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
confections; sweets; candy; cake
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
boy; son; baby boy; young man
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
(right at the) side; just beside
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
extremely; very; really; super; so
(pouring out) in large amounts; (flowing out) gushingly