to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
number of times; frequency; count
accumulation; accumulate; store
someone (something) not to be trifled with
detour; circumvention; turning movement
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
hidden room; secret chamber
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to begin talking; to open up
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
feeling keenly; fully realizing
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
to do together; to share; to participate in
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
directly opposite; right in front
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out