floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
all; entire; whole; altogether
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
family; members of a family
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
innocent; cherubic; childlike
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
depending on; dependent on
relatively; comparatively
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to need; to call for; to require