lately; recently; these days
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
being left out; being ostracized
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to engage in lively conversation
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
by today; before the day is over
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
to jar; to creak; to grate
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
moment by moment; hour by hour
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching