to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
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)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
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 be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
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 last; persistency; thoroughness
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky