floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to lie down; to throw oneself down
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
corridor; hallway; passageway
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to face; to go towards; to head towards
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
imposing stance; daunting pose
declaration; proclamation; announcement
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
now; the present time; just now; another; more