floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to keep (a person) waiting
observation; survey; watching
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to spread; to be propagated
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
that's the way it is; such is life
to think too much; to be over-concerned
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
in the meanwhile; during the time
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
with a friendly grin; smilingly
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to be relieved; to feel relieved
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
number of times; frequency; count
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
buff (color); buffing; buff (positive status effect)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)