usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to overflow from something full
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
with a start; with a jump
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)